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Appendix A - Survey Forms
Pages 40-43

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From page 40...
... The information collected from this survey will not be used for any other purposes. This screening survey will be followed by a small number of structured interviews with fleet managers as to current and potential tactics and training methodologies to aid motor carriers / drivers in avoiding a crash through awareness of dangerous actions and possible countermeasures.
From page 41...
... Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 2. Driver distraction from drivers' personal electronic devices brought into the vehicle is, in particular, a significant safety issue for my fleet operations.
From page 42...
... External to Company Internal to Company Internal to Vehicle insurance penalties for phone-linked crashes increased fines for crashes with cell phone use cell phone prohibition laws broad education campaigns on risk of driving while using cell phones in particular broad education campaigns on risks of distracted driving in general maintaining a strong safety culture strong focus on recruiting drivers with a demonstrated safety record clear employee policies and consequences for policy violation specific training techniques Please elaborate:__________________________________________________________ having a post-incident coaching tool (or metric) that addresses potential distraction issues that could have played a role in a safety critical event company policy banning use of all personal communication devices while driving company policy only banning cell phone use while driving company policy only allowing hands-free or voice-operated communication devices while driving fleet managers locking out certain functions on employer-provided communication devices use of in-vehicle placards to remind drivers to "stay alert" paying careful attention to placement of aftermarket devices within vehicle to minimize distraction providing messaging from dispatcher with different levels of urgency so that driver can defer reading non-emergency messages using active safety systems to augment driver's situational awareness and improve reaction time physiological monitoring of driver attention placement (typically head- or eye-trackers)
From page 43...
... Please submit your survey in one of the following ways. Email: richardbishop@mindspring.com Fax: Richard Bishop, Bishop Consulting, 443 200 1225 Other Highly Effective Effective Neutral Ineffective Highly Ineffective Highly Effective Effective Neutral Ineffective Highly Ineffective Highly Effective Effective Neutral Ineffective Highly Ineffective Highly Effective Effective Neutral Ineffective Highly Ineffective Yes No conducting observations / ride-alongs to assess driver's behavior and provide feedback use of on-board safety monitoring systems which capture video of the driver and traffic environment when extreme maneuvers occur to identify training needs


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