Truck driver hours of service regulations: the collision of policy and public health.
Truck driver hours of service regulations: the collision of policy and public health.
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10.1177/1527154405282841
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发表时间：
2005-11-01
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Heaton, Karen
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Heaton, Karen
本文审查了与卡车司机服务时间规定有关的政策，这些规定影响了职业和公共健康与安全。介绍了卡车驾驶的性质、劳动惯例和卡车运输业放松管制的相互作用，以及现行法规的演变。介绍了与这一问题有关的宣传联盟和法律行动的工作。提出了可能的政策选择和建议。文章支持这样的观点，即尽管联邦政府监管机构试图基于当前的昼夜节律科学颁布法规，但这些法规作为独立的措施是无效的。劳动政策和做法必须营造一个有利于睡眠和安全驾驶的工作环境。护士在这一问题上的倡导延续了公共卫生护理的丰富传统。护士可能会从卡车司机服务时间法规的研究中受益，因为正在考虑和立法限制他们自己的服务时间的建议。
This article examines the policies related to truck driver hours of service regulations that affect occupational and public health and safety. The interaction of the nature of truck driving, labor practices and deregulation of the trucking industry, and the evolution of the current regulations are presented. The work of advocacy coalitions and legal action related to this issue is described. Possible policy alternatives and recommendations are presented. The article supports the position that although federal government regulators attempt to promulgate regulations based on current circadian science, the regulations are ineffective as stand-alone measures. Labor policies and practices must foster a work environment that facilitates sleep and safe driving performance. Advocacy by nurses on this issue continue the rich tradition of public health nursing. Nurses may benefit from the study of truck driver hours of service regulation as recommendations limiting their own hours of service are being considered and legislated.