Ms. Rose A. McMurray Chief Safety Officer and Assistant Administrator Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590

摘要

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has investigated a number of accidents and incidents in all modes of passenger transportation involving operators with sleep disorders. These accidents include the following highway accidents in which the NTSB identified commercial drivers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).rnOn July 26, 2000, the driver of a tractor-trailer travelling on Interstate 40 near Jackson, Tennessee, collided with a Tennessee Highway Patrol vehicle trailing construction vehicles, killing the state trooper inside.