The taxi industry: Working conditions and health of drivers, a literature review

FM Poó, RD Ledesma, SS López - Transport reviews, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The taxi industry plays an important role in urban transportation systems, both in economic
and mobility terms. In the case of the former, it provides employment for a large number of …

Work environment, stress, and driving anger: A structural equation model for predicting traffic sanctions of public transport drivers

L Montoro, S Useche, F Alonso… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Public transport is an effective and sustainable alternative to private vehicle usage, also
helping to reduce the environmental impact of driving. However, the work environment of …

[HTML][HTML] Working conditions, job strain, and traffic safety among three groups of public transport drivers

SA Useche, V Gómez, B Cendales, F Alonso - Safety and health at work, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Working conditions and psychosocial work factors have acquired an important
role explaining the well-being and performance of professional drivers, including those …

Work stress and health problems of professional drivers: a hazardous formula for their safety outcomes

SA Useche, B Cendales, L Montoro, C Esteban - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Background Several empirical studies have shown that professional drivers are a vulnerable
occupational group, usually exposed to environmental stressors and adverse work …

Perceived fatigue and energy are independent unipolar states: Supporting evidence

BD Loy, MH Cameron, PJ O'Connor - Medical Hypotheses, 2018 - Elsevier
Persistent fatigue is a common problem (∼ 20–45% of US population), with higher
prevalence and severity in people with medical conditions such as cancer, depression …

Brain electrodynamic and hemodynamic signatures against fatigue during driving

CH Chuang, Z Cao, JT King, BS Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Fatigue is likely to be gradually cumulated in a prolonged and attention-demanding task that
may adversely affect task performance. To address the brain dynamics during a driving task …

Stress, skilled performance, and expertise: Overload and beyond

G Matthews, RW Wohleber, J Lin - 2018 - academic.oup.com
Experts must often execute cognitive and motor skills in demanding, potentially stressful
environments. Broadly, stress impairs attention and working memory, increasing …

Apparatus for assessing, predicting, and responding to driver fatigue and drowsiness levels

VV Kumar, DK Grimm, RJ Kiefer - US Patent 9,956,963, 2018 - Google Patents
A system for analyzing driver fitness to drive with consideration given to any of various
conditions such as driver drowsiness, fatigue, and anxiety. The system includes a …

[HTML][HTML] Lesiones, enfermedades y accidentes de trabajo de los conductores del autotransporte de carga en México

LD Berrones Sanz, P Cano Olivos… - Acta …, 2018 - scielo.org.mx
Se realizó un análisis descriptivo de tres fuentes de información con datos sobre accidentes
de tránsito, lesiones de causa externa y enfermedades ocupacionales ocurridas durante el …

VVRRM: Vehicular vibration-based heart RR-interval monitoring system

A Bonde, S Pan, Z Jia, Y Zhang, HY Noh… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Continuous heart rate variability (HRV) monitoring in cars can allow ambient health
monitoring and help track driver stress and fatigue. Current approaches that involve …