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How to Train Safe Drivers: Setting Up and Evaluating a Fatigue Training Program Cover

How to Train Safe Drivers: Setting Up and Evaluating a Fatigue Training Program

Open Access
|Feb 2015

Abstract

Fatigue is considered as a serious risk driving behavior, causing road accidents, which in many cases involve fatalities and severe injuries. According to CARE database statistics, professional drivers are indicated as a high-risk group to be involved in a fatigue-related accident. Acknowledging these statistics, a training program on driving fatigue was organized, aiming at raising awareness of professional drivers of a leading company in building materials, in Greece. Selected experimental methods were used for collecting data before and after the training program, which allowed monitoring and assessing the potential behavioural changes. A questionnaire survey was conducted before the program implementation to 162 drivers of the company, while two months after the program, the same drivers replied to a second questionnaire. Impact assessment of the program relied on statistical analysis of the responses. Results showed the degree of penetration of the training program in the professional drivers' behavior towards safe driving.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ttj-2015-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1407-6179 | Journal ISSN: 1407-6160
Language: English
Page range: 9 - 20
Published on: Feb 28, 2015
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2015 Giannis Adamos, Eftihia Nathanail, published by Transport and Telecommunication Institute
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