@article{ref1,
title="Tractor-trailer driver fatality: the role of nonconsecutive rest in a sleeper berth",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="1988",
author="Hertz, R. P.",
volume="20",
number="6",
pages="431-439",
abstract="Federal regulation allows truck drivers to use sleeper berths to accumulate eight hours of off-duty rest in two separate periods. Because sleep disruption may cause fatigue and deterioration of performance, a study was conducted to evaluate the association between sleeper-berth use in two periods and tractor-trailer driver fatality. Using Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety Reports, crashes that resulted in tractor-trailer driver fatality were compared with property damage crashes. After adjusting for confounding variables by logistic regression, tractor-trailer driver fatality was found to be significantly associated with sleeper-berth use in two shifts (odds ratio = 3.05). Statistically significant but weaker associations were found between driver fatality and rural district, night driving, gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more, single-vehicle collision, intercity trip, and employment on an occasional basis.",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}