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Pages 217-224

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... : A nonprofit research organization that is a member of the American Trucking Associations. Biomathematical models: Mathematical models that predict the impacts on performance of various work/rest schedules, including the effects of extended wake durations or rotating shifts.
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... Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) : An international nonprofit organization comprising motor carrier safety officials and industry representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with the mission of promoting commercial motor vehicle safety and security.
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... : A database containing information on all motor vehicles involved in fatal traffic crashes in the United States, maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
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... Department of Transportation with the mission of preventing commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries. Its activities include enforcing safety regulations, targeting high-risk carriers and commercial motor vehicle drivers, improving safety information systems and commercial motor vehicle technologies, strengthening commercial motor vehicle equipment and operating standards, and increasing safety awareness.
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... A commercial motor vehicle driver whose medical certificate expires must be examined by a medical professional listed in the NRCME to retain driving privileges. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
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... : A measure of the percentage of eyelid closure over a period of time -- one of the most accepted measures of drowsiness. Polysomnography: A sleep study that records the following body functions as subjects either sleep or try to sleep: air flow in and out of the lungs, the level of oxygen in the blood, body position, brain waves, breathing effort and rate, electrical activity of muscles, eye movement, and heart rate.
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... when different treatments are administered at a particular point in time under otherwise identical conditions. Rumble strips: A road safety feature designed to alert fatigued or i ­nattentive drivers that they are leaving their lane or the roadway by causing a vibration and an audible rumbling sound when a vehicle's tires pass over them.
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... , supplemented by data collected by University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers.
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  • safety administration
  • motor carrier
  • vehicle driver
  • carrier safety

  • federal motor
  • national highway
  • highway traffic
  • traffic safety
  • fatigue risk

  • sleep apnea
  • vehicle safety
  • error term
  • vehicle weight
  • transportation research

  • positive airway
  • weight rating
  • fatality analysis
  • transportation accidents
  • airway pressure

  • obstructive sleep
  • driving study
  • gross vehicle
  • statistical technique
  • confounding factors

  • analysis reporting
  • management plan
  • naturalistic driving
  • regression coefficients
  • stability control


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