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Safety: The critical first hour

Published Wednesday, June 25, 2008

According to research from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), the most safety-critical events for truck drivers occur in the first day following an hour-of-service restart, that tracks with previous data that showed the most accidents occur in the first hour the driver is on the road. However, the analysis showed no relationship between either the duration of the restart period or differences between the safety of all hours after the first of the day, including in the eleventh hour. In a study funded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, VTTI compiled data from ...

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