LABRST 3D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: National Industrial Recovery Act, American Trucking Associations, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
26 Nov 2016
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Alan derickson, six days on the road: long-haul truckers fighting drowsiness. in his book, dangerously sleepy: overworked americans and the cult of manly. Unlike almost all other american workers, over-the-road truckers stood a sizeable chance of dying as an immediate result of falling asleep during job performance p. Driving for hundreds/thousands of miles, usually alone, presents difficulties in balancing sleep and wakefulness. To a very limited extent, truckers benefited from the intervention of the state. Until recently neither public/private parties have tackled the health consequences of truckers inadequate sleep. A large share of long-haul drivers have been subject to sleep deprivation for decades. Men engaged in long-haul truck driving have always been a different breed of blue-collar workers. In the 1920"s when women first stepped behind the wheel, this was unfamiliar, masculinized territory p. 109. As a result, many men sought refuge in the masculinized occupation of truck driving, which involved loading, operating and maintaining heavy trucks.
