Keeping sleepy drivers off the road

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by LoneDriver, Sep 9, 2007.

  1. LoneDriver

    LoneDriver Bobtail Member

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    I had been looking for info about a new gadget I heard about, and posted on the Canadian News section a while back asking if somebody knew anything about it. After digging a bit i found an article at Today's Trucking. Here's the interesting part:

    <<... ECT provides fully integrated custom solutions for trucking and fleet management. In partnership with BioCognisafe, the company also provides The Sleep Detection System (SDS) -- an integrated drowsiness detection system that monitors the waking state of drivers in real time. >>

    I'm pretty sure that's what I was looking for. What do you guys think about having something like that in your truck? Or, if you or someone you know already has this installed, give us the scoop!
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  3. 24valve puller

    24valve puller Medium Load Member

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    we were born, or should I say some of were born with a tool better than anything anyone could make, it's common sense. I drive way more than the law allows, on less sleep than they say I need, but I want to get home alive to see my family,so if I get tired I sleep. Everyone out there knows there limits, but sadly some of them don't care. If you run a legal log there should be no reason for falling asleep.
     
  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Yeah right, that's a laugh. Tell to the nighttime linehaul drivers. I did that for 2 years, and still wonder how I made it home alive some mornings.
     
  5. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    Deliver in the morning. Sit at the dock for 8 hours. Wait for reload during this time. You just slept all night, do you go back to bed and sleep again?

    No way. But your log book shows that you can now drive for 11 hours. Your company will expect it. You get sleepy at 11:00, but your log book says you can drive 6 more hours. I guess you can't be sleepy, you are running legal.

    Keep dreaming.
     
  6. 24valve puller

    24valve puller Medium Load Member

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    If you're sitting at the docks, don't you have to show that as on duty? I do almost all my driving at night , I don't have any problems staying awake
     
  7. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    Not if you are not involved in the process. If your company tells you that you are relieved while the process is being done, you are considered off duty.

    Technically, I don't see how you can be off duty, but try dealing with the companies. After all, logging all dock time would put a driver out of hours very quickly.
     
  8. Truckin Juggalo

    Truckin Juggalo Medium Load Member

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    If that thing Actually works that would be a God Send... we could do away with the HOS and just keep a 70 hr work week, with 34hr restart, no more law telling us when we should sleep and drive we could drive how we want and not have to worry about getting killed by a drowsy driver i think its a great invention and if it can be proven to work good would be great for us drivers,

    Incorporate that thing in with the electronic log book and we can just drive as we please legally,.....

    Even though that will probably never happen the thought is nice
     
  9. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    "Probably never happen"? That's an understatement.

    Granted, it might not be a bad idea if the industry consisted entirely of honest drivers. But the supertruckers won't go away. They'd drive the entire 70 hours smoking crack to stay awake if they could, thereby ruining it for the rest of us like always.

    And the slip-and-fall lawyers wouldn't go for it. God forbid they lose a basis for suing trucking companies.
     
  10. ddog

    ddog Light Load Member

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    Riding after midnight is infinitely more efficient in miles/hr even if going slower.

    But those #### white lines zooming into your skull lit up with darkeness all around will hypnotise you no matter how hard you try to fight it off. Risk versus reward.

    And once the Sun comes up, the problem goes away until the Sun lowers and few vehicles are left on the road.
     
  11. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    Night Driving, after Midnight has a much higher danger factor, not only are the odds higher that you will get into an accident, they are also higher for it to be fatal. And if your tired all night tell your self that your all rested because of sunrise, well it sure doesnt make you safer.

    If your tired the only safe cure is sleep, pull it over no load is worth dieing for.
     
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