Truck or heavy vehicle crashes feature regularly in print, online and television media. When a heavy vehicle is involved in a serious crash, particularly one involving loss of human life, this often triggers public debate about the road conditions at the location of the crash, the factors that may have contributed to the crash and how the government is addressing the issue. Recently, there have...

From common driving experiences, car drivers are unwilling to follow heavy vehicles owing to speed and visibility obstructions, and most of them choose to change lanes to mitigate such obstructions. In literature, however, the impact of heavy vehicles on lane-changing decisions of following car drivers has rarely been investigated. In this study, a methodology for shedding light on such impact ...

conclusions the seatbelt wearing rate among the study participants was much lower than the 90% rate reported among iranian drivers in 2010. mandating seatbelt use, as in most countries, will be more effective if a combination of factors such as changes in vehicle design, road safety, and driver and passenger behavior are taken into account. background seatbelts are a relatively low-cost safety ...

Investigating the Relation between Drivers Working and Resting Hours with Occurrence of Road Accidents (Case Study: Heavy Vehicle Drivers)

Heavy vehicles have substantial impact on traffic flow particularly during heavy traffic conditions. Large amount of heavy vehicle lane changing manoeuvres may increase the number of traffic accidents and therefore reduce the freeway safety. Improving road capacity and enhancing traffic safety on freeways has been the motivation to establish heavy vehicle lane restriction strategies to reduce t...

A small group of heavy vehicle drivers underwent an ecodrive training course. Their driving was assessed for various ecodrive variables as they completed an 18 mile circuit in normal traffic immediately after the course and again 6 and 12 weeks later. Compared to pre-course measures, these drivers reduced their fuel consumption by an average of 27%, the number of gear changes by 29%, and the nu...

background: although visual impairment of drivers is a very important risk factor for car accident, a few published papers have explored this issue in iran. this study aims to evaluate the visual fitness of public vehicle drivers in kerman province, southeast of iran. methods: a total of 4,003 public vehicle drivers were examined by one ophthalmologist for visual fitness in kerman province betw...