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US Trucking Associations Want to Test Sleeper Berth Flexibility The American Trucking Association along with other state associations have asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to conduct a pilot program to study increased flexibility in sleeper berth use by truck drivers. In a Dec. 3 proposal to FMCSA , the groups asked for a two-year exemption from the requirement for 10 consecutive hours of rest for approximately 200 drivers selected for participation in the program, reports Fleet Owner magazine. “The program, if initiated, will help both government and industry translate scientific findings from the laboratory to real-world trucking operations by providing data and information on the relationship between sleeper berth flexibility for off-duty rest and safety outcomes,” said a letter to the agency. The study would also test technological advances in monitoring driver alertness and behavior. Until a rule change in 2005, federal regulations had for decades allowed drivers to split their rest in sleeper berths. FMCSA’s latest rule change, FMCSA essentially eliminated split rest for solo drivers and allowed team drivers
to split rest only in very limited circumstances. The pilot could also collect data on: • Driving behavior that could indicate fatigue, including shifting patterns, speed variability, curve events, and lane departures, as measured by fleet management systems; • Time to react to stimuli as measured by the Psychomotor Vigilance Task at the beginning and end of work shifts; • Sleepiness as measured by the 9-point Karolinska Sleepiness Scale collected at the beginning and end of work shifts through either fleet management systems or smartphone apps; • Crashes and incidents, tracked by time of date, severity and type of crash; and • Working/resting activity as measured by electronic driver logs for both the control and exemption group, primarily to track how exempt drivers are splitting off-duty time. “Doing a pilot test using professional drivers in actual trucking operations could give the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration even more scientific data on which to base future improvements to the sleeper berth rules,” said Bill Graves, ATA president and CEO.
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