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DOT panel to gather ideas on driver fatigue

By The Trucker News Services
Posted Aug 18th 2010 3:58AM


WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee ( MCSAC ) will hold a three-day committee meeting concerning fatigue management of commercial motor vehicle operators from Aug. 30 through Sept. 1.

FMCSA will request that MCSAC provide information, concepts, and ideas on ways to develop a safe and efficient fatigue management system for commercial motor vehicle operators in the United States.

The MCSAC will hear presentations from fatigue management experts and government officials from Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. on efforts to manage how fatigue  affects operators of commercial vehicles on their roadways.

The MCSAC will draw on the experiences of these other nations and studies performed by the U.S. and Canada to recommend tenets of fatigue management. The MCSAC will present a report on its findings and recommendations to Anne Ferro, FMCSA Administrator, at its December 2010 meeting.

Comments from the public will be heard orally during the last hour of each day's meeting. Interested parties also may submit written comments to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) in Docket Number FMCSA-2010-0143. Go to www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions.

Kevin Jones of The Trucker staff can be reached for comment at [email protected].

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