Reducing the number of truck and bus accidents related to driver fatigue is one of the priorities of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
After launching new hours-of-service rules at the begining of the month, Anne S. Ferro, Administrator of the FMCSA joined forces with Lisa Raitt, the Canadian Minister of Transport to announce the launch of the The North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP). The NAFMP is a comprehensive interactive program for commercial truck and bus drivers, their spouse and family as well as motor carrier executives and managers, safety managers and trainers, dispatchers and drivers managers, freight shippers and receivers.
The program aims at developing a corporate culture that facilitates reduced driver fatigue and at providing fatigue management education, information on sleep disorders screening and treatment, driver and trip scheduling as well as fatigue management technologies.