A 39-year-old male suffered a minute long shock from a 7200-V power line with no sequelae other than mild quadriceps muscle strain. He had parked a truck next to a highway and was standing on asphalt. He reached into the truck and manipulated a plastic-topped hydraulic lift lever. Suddenly, he could not move or feel. He soon felt a shock and was thrown back. Physical examination was normal exce...

Equine transportation research has largely focused on the commercial land movement of horses. Data on the incidence and factors associated with horse injuries during non-commercial transportation (privately owned horse trucks and trailers) is scant. This study surveyed 223 drivers transporting horses to 12 equestrian events in southeastern Australia. Data collected encompassed driver demographi...

This study in 2003 looked at knowledge, attitudes and behaviours concerning HIV among 3 high-risk groups (201 cross-border truck drivers, 50 female sex workers and 754 youths) in 4 cities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The level of knowledge about HIV was low on average, especially among individuals with high-risk behaviours. Truck drivers and female sex workers had higher knowledge about sex...

A neurointerface is a nonlinear filtering system based on neural networks (NNs) that serves as a coupler between a human operator and a nonlinear system or plant that is to be controlled or directed. The purpose of the coupler is to ease the task of the human controller. The equations of the plant are assumed to be known. If the plant is unstable, it must first be stabilized by feedback. Using ...

In this paper, we introduce the problem of mining frequent sub-routes for the use of platoon driving. The problem is related to the problem of mining frequent sequences. While the problem of mining frequent sequences normally focuses on patterns with a large support, the problem of mining frequent sub-routes has to deal with a small absolute support of two or more. We will present our algorithm...

This paper proposes a micro-simulation model for urban freight movement, in which the behavior of freight agents and their relationship in supply chains are incorporated. The proposed model is a modification of the traditional four-step approach in that it considers the behavior of each freight agent individually. This paper covers three of the four steps of the traditional approach, including ...

The purpose of the study was to assess the incidence of alcohol and amphetamine use among long-distance truck drivers. There were studied 91 truck drivers at the gas station in Passos, Southeastern Brazil, in November 2005. Data was collected using a questionnaire comprising 19 multiple choice questions. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and Cramér's correlation coefficient were used for ...

There is increasing deployment of barriers on sloped surfaces for various reasons. The crashworthiness of barriers is, however, only ascertained for installation on level surfaces. There has been analysis of the vehicle dynamics effects of vehicle-to-barrier interfaces on sloped surfaces, but there have been no reported analyses of the vehicle dynamics of trucks traversing sloped surfaces. In t...

Research was undertaken to determine vehicle size parameters influencing driver fatality odds, independent of mass, in two-vehicle collisions. Forty vehicle parameters were evaluated for 1,500 vehicle groupings. Logistic regression analyses show driver factors (belt use, age, drinking) collectively contribute more to fatality odds than vehicle factors, and that mass is the most important vehicu...