They meet regularly with the NTSB to keep the Board apprised of our efforts to respond to their fatigue-related recommendations. The Department also will be assuming responsibility for the Fatigue Resource Directory, assembled for this symposium. We envision that you can access it on the Internet. First, I'm convinced that changing human behavior has to be the next frontier to improving safety. Human factors cause a third of all railroad accidents and are the number one cause in aviation accidents.
Operator error is probably the most important single factor in truck and bus accidents.
Second, if it's human behavior we must change, then we need to educate, and not just regulate. I know so much of our time is spent developing rules for dealing with fatigue. It's really a mater of personal responsibility. It's like having a seat belt in a car. The law says buckle up, but three out of 10 people still don't take the personal responsibility of buckling.