Utility for Risk-Based Screening and Assessment (URSA)

Restorative Rest for Motorcoach Drivers

The study will analyze the relationships between time off-duty and sleep. This will be a re-analysis of the motorcoach driver sleep and performance data that was collected for the study entitled “Motorcoach Driver Fatigue Study, 2011” (Belenky et al., 2012).

Motorcoach and School Bus Fire Safety Analysis

Volpe updated its previous analysis, titled "Motorcoach Fire Safety Analysis Report," to include data on motorcoach fires that occurred from 2009–13. In addition, Volpe included an evaluation of school bus fires, expanded on the evaluation of the effectiveness of automatic fire...

Impact of Driver Detention Times on Safety and Operations, Phase II

To better understand the nature of the problem of detention or waiting times in the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) industry and the potential safety impacts that can occur because of long detention times. The purpose of Phase 2 will be to implement the methodology developed in Phase 1 by...

Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Compliance Test Procedures

This program was established with a 1-year cooperative agreement to create a compliance test procedure and a subsequent cooperative agreement to provide technical support. In the first year, the contractor developed test procedures, a template for consistent reporting of test results, and...

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Crash Risks by Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Driver Schedules

Crash Reporting Research

The study reviewed the State Data Quality Reports and collected and analyzed a sample of carriers’ crash records. Those records were then compared to the MCMIS crash records. The period of performance was from October 2014 to April 2016.

Augment Driver Information Resource (DIR) to Identify Reincarnated Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Drivers

To use the new batch capability in the Commercial Driver’s License Information System (CDLIS) to obtain central index data for CDL drivers who moved to another State in order to authoritatively link Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) driving records.

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Assessment of Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Holders’ Traffic Violations, Convictions, and Suspensions

The study tracked the final disposition of a citation from issuance in several different States. This process determined if a major or serious traffic offense for a CDL holder resulted in a conviction, an exoneration, a suspension, or a non-suspension. The research also identified the...