Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant MarinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Highway, Motor Carrier, and Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety, and Transportation of Household Goods
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant MarinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Motor Carrier's Guide to Improving Highway Safety
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway transport workers
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Improving Motor Carrier Safety Measurement
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309462010
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Every year roughly 100,000 fatal and injury crashes occur in the United States involving large trucks and buses. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in the U.S. Department of Transportation works to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. FMCSA uses information that is collected on the frequency of approximately 900 different violations of safety regulations discovered during (mainly) roadside inspections to assess motor carriers' compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, as well as to evaluate their compliance in comparison with their peers. Through use of this information, FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (SMS) identifies carriers to receive its available interventions in order to reduce the risk of crashes across all carriers. Improving Motor Carrier Safety Measurement examines the effectiveness of the use of the percentile ranks produced by SMS for identifying high-risk carriers, and if not, what alternatives might be preferred. In addition, this report evaluates the accuracy and sufficiency of the data used by SMS, to assess whether other approaches to identifying unsafe carriers would identify high-risk carriers more effectively, and to reflect on how members of the public use the SMS and what effect making the SMS information public has had on reducing crashes.
Emergency Response Guidebook
Author: U.S. Department of TransportationPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626363765
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.
Cooperative Research for Hazardous Materials Transportation
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee for a Study of the Feasibility of a Hazardous Materials Transportation Cooperative Research ProgramPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309094976
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Our Nation's Highways
Author: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Pocketbook (7orsa)
Author: J J KellerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781602875944
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309392527
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers' health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.
Federal Regulatory Guide
Author: CQ Press,Publisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 1544377266
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1145
Book Description
The Federal Regulatory Directory, Eighteenth Edition continues to offer a clear path through the maze of complex federal agencies and regulations, providing to-the-point analysis of regulations. Information-packed profiles of more than 100 federal agencies and departments detail the history, structure, purpose, actions, and key contacts for every regulatory agency in the U.S. government. Now updated with an improved searching structure, the Federal Regulatory Directory continues to be the leading reference for understanding federal regulations, providing a richer, more targeted exploration than is possible by cobbling together electronic and print sources.
The Impact of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 and Matters Related to Truck and Bus Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buses
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description