EDITORS AND CORRESPONDENTS
The study is in the docket in the Federal Highway
Administration's rulemaking, Hours of Service of Drivers. Along with the entire
FHWA docket system, this proceeding has been transferred to the
DOT docket system, with the new docket number being
FHWA-97-002350. Copies of the study may be purchased at 10 cents
per page.
Further information may be obtained from the DOT docket room
at 800-647-5527. The room is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekdays.
The study was a 7-year partnership among the U.S. DOT,
Transport Canada and the Trucking Research Institute of the
American Trucking Associations Foundation. Eighty drivers were
observed during runs totaling 4,000 hours and covering nearly a
quarter of a million miles. The study provides extensive
information on the alertness, driving performance and
physiological and subjective states of commercial drivers as they
operated revenue-generating runs.
Sincerely yours,
George L. Reagle
Associate Administrator for Motor Carriers
Last updated March 3, 1997
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