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TRUCKERS' HEALTH * USA - Study backs sleep apnea screening
USA -eTrucker -2 April 2009: -- A new study has confirmed previous research that obesity-driven testing identifies commercial truck drivers with a high likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea and suggests that requiring OSA screenings could reduce the risk of truck crashes resulting from driver fatigue and sleepiness... OSA is a syndrome characterized by sleep-disordered breathing, resulting in excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks, psychomotor deficits and disrupted nighttime sleep. It increases the risk of motor vehicle accidents, and is common among truck drivers... Approximately 2.4 million to 3.9 million licensed commercial drivers in the U.S. are expected to have OSA...* UK - How many truck drivers can't see properly?
London,UK -Road Transport -3 April 2009: -- Thousands of British truck drivers could be driving with defective sight, says one of the UK's leading opticians. Research carried out by Specsavers suggests that less than half of the UK operators have a policy to check the eyesight of professional drivers... For now, there is no specific obligation for firms to check their drivers' sight. The only requirement is for drivers to pass the mandatory sight test during their driving test. This checks that they can read a number plate from 20.5 metres away, about the length of a cricket pitch. But once drivers have done that, they are not routinely required to prove their eyesight again... This is due to change by 2013 as the European Parliament has approved the introduction of regular checks of professional drivers' eyesight...
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