Trucking Industry Deregulation and Trucker Fatigue in Spotlight Again
By Jennifer Anderson
"Federal rules designed to keep long-haul truck drivers in the United States awake and alert at the wheel, which were relaxed by an administration committed to deregulation, returned to the spotlight again on December 2 in an article published in the New York Times. In the debate before the changes were made, ideological arguments drowned out warnings about the risks.
The warnings are well supported. Ergonomics research shows that fatigue increases the risk of accidents and decreases efficiency and productivity. The Times article was the first in a series about the impact of President George W. Bush’s deregulation strategy, which has repealed enforcement or completion of hundreds of federal rules."
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