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Heavy-Vehicle Safety Outreach
(2014-04-09)
The objective of the Heavy-Vehicle Safety Outreach project was to develop and implement a pragmatic curriculum to support the needs of safety managers. Safety managers for motor carrier fleets serve as the point of ...
Drivers' Visual Behavior When Using Hand-Held and Hands-Free Cell Phones
(2014-08-25)
This study investigated driver distraction and how the use of handheld (HH), portable hands-free (PHF), and integrated hands-free (IHF) cell phones affected the visual behavior of motor vehicle drivers. Method A naturalistic ...
Synthesis of Literature and Operating Safety Practices Related to Cell Phone/Personal Data Assistant Use in Commercial Truck and Bus Operations (Technical Report)
(United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 2011-04)
There is an increasing awareness of the role of driver distraction in commercial motor vehicle crashes. This study presents the results of efforts to expand current knowledge of truck and motorcoach industry practices ...
Supporting CMV Driver Distraction Outreach Efforts: Letter Report Summary
(National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence, 2015-04-08)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) CMV Driving Tips website (https://cms.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/driver-safety/cmv-driving-tips-overview) is a source for information on safety and practical driving tips ...
Identification of Cognitive Load in Naturalistic Driving
(National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence, 2015-07-28)
Over the last decade, naturalistic driving studies have provided significant insight into issues pertaining to the roles of distraction, inattention, and drowsiness in crash risk. New techniques have been developed for ...
Impact of Sleeper Berth Usage on Driver Fatigue, Final Project Report
(United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 2002)
The goal of this project was to assess the impact that sleeper berth usage has on operator alertness. Forty-seven males and nine females participated in this study, constituting 13 teams and 30 single drivers. All drivers ...
Radio Tuning Effects on Visual and Driving Performance Measures: Simulator and Test Track Studies
(United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2013-05)
Existing driver distraction guidelines for visual-manual device interface operation specify traditional manual radio tuning as a reference task. This project evaluated the radio tuning reference task through two activities. ...
Constructing a Distracted Driving Dataset
(2014-08-25)
Distracted driving has become a topic of critical importance to driving safety research over the past several decades. Naturalistic driving data offer a unique opportunity to study how drivers engage with secondary tasks ...