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Measurement of fatigue among bus drivers in London provides tools for better traffic safety

Posted on November 13, 2019 by nradmin
VTI has participated in a study of fatigue among London bus drivers. The study has given Transport for London the tools to implement measures that deal with fatigue among the city’s bus drivers. The study was led by the Transport Safety Research Centre at the School of Design and Creative Arts,...

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15 Types of Countermeasures for use in Fatigue Risk Management

Posted on September 16, 2016 by nradmin
Increased safety in land- and sea-based transport can be achieved if more employers manage the risks related to operator fatigue. An effective way to do this is to select and apply a number of countermeasures to manage fatigue along a risk trajectory, beginning with the nature and timing of work...

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Fatigue a Problem in the Transport Sector

Posted on March 1, 2016 by nradmin
29 per cent of a sample of Norwegian transport operators report at least one episode of sleeping or nodding off while operating in the course of a three-month period. Based on retrospective ratings of the most recent operating period, alertness is found to decrease rapidly towards the final hour of...

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