NTSB calls for fatigue mitigation steps - Action follows deadly tractor-trailer rollover

摘要

In response to a tractor-trailer rollover that triggered a collision with a motor-coach, the National Transportation Safety Board called on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to take actions to counteract the effects of fatigued commercial drivers and to reduce the occurrence of fatigue in the first place. Specifically, NTSB recommended that: 1) FMCSA develop and implement a plan to deploy technologies in commercial vehicles to reduce the occurrence of fatigue-related accidents; 2) FMCSA develop and use a methodology that will continually assess the effectiveness of the fatigue management plans implemented by motor carriers, including their ability to improve sleep and alertness, mitigate performance errors, and prevent incidents and accidents; and 3) NHTSA determine whether equipping commercial vehicles with collision warning systems with active braking and electronic stability control systems will reduce commercial vehicle accidents and to require their use on commercial vehicles if they are found effective.