Motorcoach Industry Hours of Service and Fatigue Management Techniques (2005) / Chapter Skim
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CHAPTER 4 SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS Based on the literature review of fatigue issues facing motorcoach operators, it was apparent that a number of circumstances these drivers encountered are unique to their industry and profession. These factors include the following: • Time with passengers -- drivers can spend days (or weeks)
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should be trained on driver fatigue issues. All groups also identified training as one of the most important activities in alerting drivers to the effects of and countermeasures to fatigue.
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One-half of the survey group identified it as having a significant effect. Yet 75% of this same group reported zero crashes in their companies attributed to driver fatigue in the past 2 years.
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Table 1 shows the distribution of responses across the motorcoach manager and supervisor survey for the countermeasure questions. RESULTS OF RESEARCH SCIENTIST SURVEY The members of the research community who responded to the synthesis survey averaged 13 years' conducting transportation research and more than 8 years' conducting fatigue research.
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belief that in-vehicle technologies showed promise of becoming somewhat effective in combating the driving performance decrements stemming from fatigue. The research scientists also judged that companies were relying on caffeine and listening to the radio.
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21 Caffeine 2.3 3.5 Sleeping aids 2.0 2.1 Full block of rest 4.4 3.5 Regular schedule 4.8 3.5 Talking with others 2.8 2.5 Listening to the radio 2.0 2.8 Using 2 drivers 3.3 2.2 Technologies 3.0 1.3 Effectiveness 1 = not at all, 5 = very Frequency 1 = never, 5 = always TABLE 2 Transportation and fatigue research scientists perceived effectiveness and frequency of use mean responses for fatigue countermeasures (N22)
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