Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration intends to study how truck drivers’ work schedules affect their fatigue levels and performance.
In November, FMCSA solicited comments on its proposal as part of an agency commitment to study additional data on the 2011 hours-of-service final rule. After publishing an analysis of the feedback collected, the agency is now seeking additional comment on topics including fatigue risks, inflexibility of HOS regulations, safe and legal parking, and driver autonomy.
This information “will be used to examine the relative risk of crashes and inspection violations based on various factors related to the driver’s work schedule and demographics,” FMCSA says.
“Currently, there is no comprehensive, existing data set that can be used for this project,” the agency adds. “Not collecting this data would result in an incomplete understanding of HOS-related factors that impact crash risk and the effect of alternative schedules as they relate to various aspects of HOS provisions on crash risk in commercial motor vehicle operations.”
The deadline to comment is May 20.
