Prevent fatigue-related crashes
June 1, 2023
This month’s road safety goal is to prevent fatigue-related crashes. Choose 1 or more of the following activities to help you reach that goal.
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- Review our Driver Fatigue Tool Kit
- Hold a tailgate meeting to discuss the risks of driving while fatigued, contributing factors to fatigue, and what drivers can do to avoid driving while impaired by fatigue.
- Train drivers how to adjust seats, head restraints, foot position, and mirrors before they start on their trip.
- Establish open lines of communication so that employees are willing to raise fatigue-related issues with supervisors or managers.
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- Educate managers, supervisors, and drivers about the signs of fatigue.
- Watch our Re-thinking Fatigue Risk and Driving webinar
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- Develop a fatigue management policy and program or review your existing ones.
- Use journey management and trip planning to help reduce the risk of a fatigued driver getting behind the wheel.
- Make effective communication a key part of implementing that policy.
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