A bus driver with “acute sleep deficit” failed to stay in his lane and caused his vehicle to careen out of control, resulting in a wreck that killed nine people and injured nearly 40 others in 2016, federal safety investigators …
As clocks “fall back” this weekend and daylight saving time ends, many Americans will be driving longer at night which could translate to more driver fatigue and hazards on the road, says Virginia Tech Transportation Institute expert Jeff Hickman. “Any …
Marianne Karth was driving on a Georgia highway with three of her nine children in May 2013 when a tractor trailer slammed their car from behind, spinning it around, and shoving it under another semi-truck’s trailer. AnnaLeah, 17, died at …
Research has shown that drinking caffeinated beverages and listening to music are two popular fatigue-fighting measures that drivers take, but very few studies have tested the usefulness of those measures. New research to be presented at the HFES 2014 Annual …
Get more sleep. Have another cup of coffee before driving to school or work. It could save a life. A 100-car “naturalistic” driving study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute says that fatigue is a cause of 20 percent …
The legal problems are piling up for the Canadian tour company whose bus crashed on an icy highway in Eastern Oregon last month, killing nine passengers and injuring almost 40. An attorney who filed a lawsuit in Tacoma, Wash., on …
Driver fatigue and several other factors, including a lack of safety oversight, likely caused a Virginia bus crash that killed four people and injured dozens more, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The five-member board said bus driver, Kin …
The Obama administration decided against a cut in truckers’ daily hours behind the wheel, to the dismay of safety advocates, but made other changes aimed at fighting driver fatigue. The rule issued on Thursday continues to permit drivers to be …