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Tag: sleep deprivation

Overdrive Extra
Confusion over ‘relaxed’ regs and rested drivers
It gets worse when those outside of trucking presume safety performance goes up or down in lockstep with changes in cherry-picked numbers. This led, for example, to widespread reports that the proposal would “relax” existing regulations, thereby automatically increasing fatigue.
September 6, 2019
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Business
Unwelcome sleep studies and the decline of civilization in general
“If you let people have a measure of control over their own bodies, the bodies will tell them what to do without interference from invasive, unwanted, unnecessary studies. For heaven’s sake, let people take a nap without repercussion. …”
July 25, 2016
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Business
Poll: Truckers acknowledge sleepiness on job
About 14 percent of truck drivers admit to a “near miss” due to sleepiness and 44 percent say they rarely get a good night’s sleep.
March 3, 2012
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