Professional drivers’ fatigue as a problem of the modern era

Davidović, Jelica; Pešić, Dalibor; Antić, Boris

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2018.03.010

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“…23 It has been estimated that depending on the country, among professional drivers, 20-50% of road crashes occur due to fatigue. 6 Professional drivers experience a particularly high level of fatigue due to psychosocial factors, such as long hours of wakefulness, irregular shifts, prolonged driving distance, monotonous driving journeys, limited places to rest, and heavy workload. 24 25 Research on professional drivers has found that fatigue contributes to dangerous driving behaviour (eg, violations, errors and lapses) in several studies.…”

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Effects of dietary patterns on driving behaviours among professional truck drivers: the mediating effect of fatigue

et al. 2021

Occup Environ Med

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ObjectiveTo explore the impact of the dietary patterns of truck drivers on their driving behaviours and the mediation effect of fatigue between these factors.MethodsA sample of 389 male truck drivers from a transport company in Suzhou, China completed the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI), the Positive Driver Behaviours Scale (PDBS) and the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ). The associations among dietary patterns, fatigue and driving behaviour were examined using pathway analysis.ResultsFour dietary patterns were identified based on principal component analysis: animal-derived foods, staple foods, snacks and vegetables. The pathway analysis showed that the vegetable-rich pattern had a direct positive impact on positive driving behaviour (β=0.211, p<0.001); the animal-derived pattern had a direct positive impact on errors (β=0.094, p<0.05) and ordinary violations (β=0.071, p<0.05); the snacks pattern had a direct negative impact on positive driving behaviour (β=−0.191, p<0.001); fatigue mediated the effect of dietary patterns on driving behaviours (p<0.001); and the staple foods had an indirect effect on driving behaviours.ConclusionsOverall, the driving behaviours of truck drivers are correlated with their dietary patterns. Drivers who preferred vegetables and staple foods had more positive driving behaviour, while the animal-derived food and snack patterns were related to dangerous driving behaviour. The experience of fatigue could explained the underlying mechanism between these factors.

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Section: Fatigue and Driving Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of dietary patterns on driving behaviours among professional truck drivers: the mediating effect of fatigue

et al. 2021

Occup Environ Med

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“…There have been many studies to analyze driver behaviours such as street characteristics influence, driver category and car performance on urban driving patterns [2]. Davidovic et al (2018) estimated the professional driver's fatigue as a modern era problem [3]. Dinges (1995) focused on the sleepy behaviour influence; and accidents that occur, exploration studies about long-distance truck drivers [4,5].…”

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Truck Driver Behavior and Travel Time Effectiveness Using Smart GPS

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The pattern of coal transportation is very dependent on the behaviour of the driver, which influences the effectiveness of travel time. Good driver behaviour will affect the optimization of travel time, and scenarios need to reduce travel time wastage. This study aims to optimize travel time and sensitivity analysis based on the influence of driver behaviour, truck travel movements and the use of travel time on coal haul roads. The research method uses a field survey with a GPS tracker, a smart GPS server 3.3, google earth and statistics. The results showed that the driver's behaviour greatly influenced the pattern of use of travel time and truck travel speed. Coal transportation in the morning can be more optimal than night so that that travel time wastage can reduced by 40%. The proposed optimization scenarios can save 36.7% - 48.61% of the existing travel time and the transport cycle can be increased to four to five times. So that with the addition of the cycle, it will increase the income of the transport company and the driver's income. With smart GPS, companies can improve the performance of transportation services in company management, get coal supplies on time.

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“…Domenichini et al [13] considered drivers as the key to prevent traffic accidents, and recognized that the complex driver behavior depends on reflex (or involuntary) and voluntary driving actions. Among occupational drivers, the driving risk is associated with fatigue and poor sleep; their physical and mental health could be promoted through multiple interventions, namely, fatigue reduction and sleep management [14][15][16]. Febres et al [17] found that the probability of serious or fatal injuries in traffic accidents increases with the number of high-speed violations, distractions and errors.…”

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Influencing Factors for Illegal Driving Behaviors of Rural Bus Drivers

Xiao¹,

Liang²

2020

IJSSE

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To improve the safety management of rural buses, this paper attempts to identify the factors affecting the drivers' behavioral features and their illegal driving behaviors. From the perspective of driver psychology, the safety incentive (SI) index was introduced to improve the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model. Then, the authors verified the improved TPB model for the illegal driving behaviors of rural bus drivers. In addition, the influence mechanisms of several factors on the illegal driving behaviors were fully analyzed, namely, attitude toward the behavior (AB), subjective norm (SN), perceived behavioral control (PBC), and the SI. The results show that the rural bus drivers have not developed a correct understanding of illegal driving behaviors; the attitudes of families, friends and passengers can indirectly affect the driving behaviors; the PBC of the driver has a direct or an indirect influence on the illegal driving behaviors; the SI, as the additional index, has a significant inhibitory effect on illegal driving behaviors. Finally, it is advised to improve the safety management of rural buses by improving education and publicity, supervising the whole driving process, and perfecting the SI system.

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Professional drivers’ fatigue as a problem of the modern era

Cited by 49 publications

References 26 publications

Effects of dietary patterns on driving behaviours among professional truck drivers: the mediating effect of fatigue

Effects of dietary patterns on driving behaviours among professional truck drivers: the mediating effect of fatigue

Truck Driver Behavior and Travel Time Effectiveness Using Smart GPS

Influencing Factors for Illegal Driving Behaviors of Rural Bus Drivers

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