To better address the true causes of fatigue in transportation, FMCSA should focus its resources on: (1) Sleep disorder awareness, training, and screening. (2) Promoting use of fatigue risk management programs. (3) Evaluating the use of fatigue detection devices. (4) Increasing the availability of truck parking on important freight corridors. (5) Partnering with the trucking and shipping communities to develop an educational process that identifies for drivers the location of available truck parking.
The window of opportunity is still there. Will the ECT Recovery Team get us through the window?