Abstract
To examine the relationship between heavy vehicle driver fatigue, time of day and shift-start times, data from an automatic driver monitoring system (Guardian, Seeing Machines) was assessed for over 140,000 shifts across four different operator companies. Results revealed that of the 2290 fatigue events detected, 63% occurred during the night time (between 6pm – 6am). Higher rates of fatigue events were also observed for shifts that started in the afternoon (12pm – 6pm) and evening (6pm – 12am) compared to those starting in the morning (6am – 12pm). Furthermore, shifts that started in the afternoon and evening were associated with earlier onset of fatigue. These results are consistent with the deleterious circadian influence on alertness at night and demonstrate the potential for using alertness monitoring to evaluate the impact of shift schedules on fatigue. Adjusting schedules based on such objective alertness data has the potential to mitigate the impact of fatigue.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Australian Transport Research Forum 2019 Proceedings |
Publisher | Australasian Transport Research Forum |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | Australasian Transport Research Forum 2019 - Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, Australia Duration: 30 Sep 2019 → 2 Oct 2019 Conference number: 41st https://www.conferenceco.com.au/2019ATRF/ https://www.australasiantransportresearchforum.org.au/papers/2019 https://www.australasiantransportresearchforum.org.au/papers/2019 (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | Australasian Transport Research Forum 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | ATRF 2019 |
Country | Australia |
City | Canberra |
Period | 30/09/19 → 2/10/19 |
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