A Study of Prevalence of Sleep Apnea Among Commercial Truck Drivers

Programs of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) encompass a range of issues and disciplines, all related to motor carrier safety and security. FMCSA’s Office of Analysis, Research and Technology defines a “research program” as any systematic study directed toward fuller scientific discovery, knowledge, or understand-ing that will improve safety, and reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes. Similarly, a “technology program” is a program that adopts, develops, tests, and/or deploys innovative driver and/ or vehicle best safety practices and technologies that will improve safety and reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes. An “analysis program” is defined as economic and environmental analyses done for the agency’s rulemakings, as well as program effectiveness studies, state-reported data quality initiatives, and special crash and other motor carrier safety performance-related analyses. A “large truck” is any truck with a Gross Vehicle Weight rating or Gross Combination Weight rating of 10,001 pounds or greater.