Open AccessCompliance with traffic safety regulations in road freight transport
Author(s) -
G. Koralewski,
Iga Karolak,
Michał Koralewski,
Rafał Wrona
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
autobusy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-7725
pISSN - 1509-5878
DOI - 10.24136/atest.2019.052
Subject(s) - truck , transport engineering , business , compliance (psychology) , occupational safety and health , road transport , engineering , automotive engineering , medicine , pathology , psychology , social psychology
The paper discuss the issues of safe transport of goods by road transport in the aspect of constantly increasing traffic intensity. The aspiration of the transport companies owners is to maximize profits even at the price of non-compliance with applicable traffic regulations, especially in the field of drivers' working hours. It often causes dangerous traffic situations, resulting in accidents, and their main cause is driver fatigue. The paper presents research regarding the knowledge of traffic regulations, in particular on the applicable standards of working time for truck drivers. The most frequent causes of violation of driver's working time frame caused by the drivers themselves, as well as forced by transport companies owners, forwarders or dispatchers were subject to the research. The ergonomic conditions of the driver’s cabin and trucks equipment as well as the health consequences of professional drivers were also analyzed.