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HOS DEBATE * USA - Truck Accidents – the Dangers of Driving at Night
USA -Articles Base.com, by Patricia Woloch -28 Dec 2007: -- Driving at night is inherently more dangerous. It is harder to see, making reaction time for responding to hazards longer. In addition, people are more tired and sleepy, and with the disappearance of the scenery into the blackness of night, the road can become hypnotic, making even well-rested drivers lethargic... The problems of night-driving are exacerbated for truckers. Faster delivery means more profits, and more hours on the road means faster delivery. Therefore, trucking companies insist on it as part of their desire for unrealistically fast schedules for delivery of goods. Lobbyists for trucking companies have long fought to increase the hours drivers can spend on the road, and they have succeeded in recent years. With new, less restrictive guidelines on when and how long drivers can be on the road (known as Hours of Service -HOS), set by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration -FMCSA), drivers can be on the road for as many as 88 hours in 8 days, on a rotating schedule of driving and resting, meaning that they sleep and/or drive at all hours of the day and night. All of these factors make truck accidents far more likely at night.
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