Evaluating the impact of whole-body vibration (wbv) on fatigue and the implications for driver safety

Driver fatigue is a significant contributor to motor vehicle accidents and fatalities, although the exact share of those events attributable to fatigue is still uncertain. In 2013, accidents involving heavy trucks killed more than 3,944 people in the United States, with over 80 percent of those kill...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Troxel, Wendy M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica Rand Corporation 2015, 2015
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • Modeling estimates of the impact of WBV on fatigue-related crashes
  • Proposed research designs
  • Summary and implications