The role of truck drivers in sustainable transportation and logistics a supply chain network is particularly noteworthy. driver work system very different from the employees company. Therefore, this research was conducted to analyze effect passion, strength against frustration, quality survival, team spirit on morale their delivery activities. This study used quantitative approach with 173 part...

Accidents with mining dump trucks are still common, especially those small vehicles located in locations. The limited visibility of the driver large truck to see around it cause these accidents. This paper presents a vehicle detection system prototype designed improve truck’s driver. works by initially detecting 433 MHz radio frequency, which indicates is truck. A buzzer sound, controlled Fuzzy...

The drivers of ten vehicles (tram, helicopter, saloon car, van, forklift, two mobile excavators, wheel loader, tractor, elevating platform truck) were studied with regard to the combined exposures of whole-body vibration and awkward posture during occupational tasks. Seven degrees of freedom (DOFs), or body angles, were recorded as a function of time by means of the CUELA measuring system (Comp...

12 1094-7167/03/$17.00 © 2003 IEEE IEEE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Her baby daughter was delivered seven weeks early by emergency Caesarian section and is in critical condition. The girl’s 10-month-old brother, who was in a child restraint in the backseat, is also in critical condition. The accident happened when a car, thought to have been traveling at up to 80 kmph (the speed limit), failed to stop....

Abstract: Each year more than 40,000 people die as a result of highway crashes, and 1 in 8 of those fatalities involve commercial motor vehicles. USDOT has set an ambitious goal of a 50 percent reduction in truck-related facilities by the end of this decade. Meeting that goal will involve finding ways of improving the performance of all elements of the system – the driver, the roadway, and the ...

Figure A1 illustrates how bypass systems operate. Drivers and/or companies who subscribe to a commercial bypass service install wireless transponders (serving as the sensors for the network) onto the windshield of their trucks. Transponders are provided free of charge by the bypass system company. As the truck approaches a weigh station equipped with the corresponding bypass system, information...