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Bounds on effectiveness of driver hours-of-service regulations for freight motor carriers

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  • Hall, Randolph W.
  • Mukherjee, Aviroop

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Crash rates for trucks depend in part on the length of time drivers have been operating their vehicles. This paper investigates bounds on the reduction in crash rates due to the imposition of hours-of-service regulations, which limit the number of hours drivers operate their vehicles. Methods for analyzing probability distributions for trip length, and odds ratios for crashes (as a function of hours driven) are developed. We also produce bounds on the economic costs of truck-involved collisions, and estimate changes in these costs due to changes in hours-of-service rules. The study is a first step toward a broader cost/benefit analysis of regulations, based on analysis of data from the fatal accident reporting system (FARS).

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  • Hall, Randolph W. & Mukherjee, Aviroop, 2008. "Bounds on effectiveness of driver hours-of-service regulations for freight motor carriers," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 298-312, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:44:y:2008:i:2:p:298-312
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    1. Schuster, Amy M. & Agrawal, Shubham & Britt, Noah & Sperry, Danielle & Van Fossen, Jenna A. & Wang, Sicheng & Mack, Elizabeth A. & Liberman, Jessica & Cotten, Shelia R., 2023. "Will automated vehicles solve the truck driver shortages? Perspectives from the trucking industry," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    2. Phill Wheat & Alexander D. Stead & Yue Huang & Andrew Smith, 2019. "Lowering Transport Costs and Prices by Competition: Regulatory and Institutional Reforms in Low Income Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(21), pages 1-19, October.
    3. Anderson, Jason R. & Ogden, Jeffrey D. & Cunningham, William A. & Schubert-Kabban, Christine, 2017. "An exploratory study of hours of service and its safety impact on motorists," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 161-174.

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