Allen Smith, Our official Trucking/Truck Driver Training Expert says:
A long haul trucker is no stranger to sleep deprivation. Even local truck drivers deal with the problem of little rest, many working 70 hour weeks. Sleep deprivation is the leading cause of serious truck related accidents, resulting in as high as 40 percent of all crashes. The constant attitude of many motor carriers of "you've got to get the freight there," is an enormous stress on the long haul trucker. Even though Federal Regulations require a driver to take a 10-hour break after 14 hours of on duty time, these 10 hours often work out to be only 5-6 hours of actual sleep per day.
Read Allen's entire article Depression and the Long Haul Truck Driver
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