Fatigue Management for the Trucking Industry

Some businesses need to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This in turn places a large burden on the trucking and logistics industry to meet the growing demand of moving raw materials and finished products by running shifts around the clock. In the trucking industry alone, fatigue is reported to cause approximately 8,000 crashes and the death of some 400 truck drivers. It is therefore vital to know the contributing factors and causes of fatigue in order to combat it. This video instructs you both on how you become fatigued as well as how you can avoid having fatigue put you in a dangerous situation. Follow the information here and be safe, and awake, on the roads..