Older commercial drivers, do they pose a safety risk?
By: consultants, Gene Bergoffen with John F. Brock and Loren Staplin
Contributors: Brock, John F.; Staplin, L. K.; Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (U.S.); United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Series: CTBSSP synthesis -- 18; Synthesis (Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (U.S.)) -- 18.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780309143141
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Traffic accidents; Risk assessment; Professional motor vehicle drivers; Older automobile drivers; Safety measures; Risk analysis; Traffic safety; Older people; Bus driving; Aged drivers; Truck driving; Commercial drivers; Physiology
Description: TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 18: Older Commercial Drivers: Do They Pose a Safety Risk? explores age-related changes in the basic functional abilities needed to drive safely. The report is designed to help assist industry and labor practitioners in promoting safer commercial operations.
Notes: Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program.

"A synthesis of safety practice."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-28).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration CTBSSP project MC-18
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Literature Review; title: Truck Carrier Industry; title: Conclusions.