Highlighted Research

Issues and Opportunities with Driver-Facing Cameras
The report identified specific carrier policies and driver management approaches that lead to higher driver ratings. Overall driver approval of driver-facing cameras increased by 87 percent when carriers used video footage for specific proactive safety measures.
Additional analyses focus on insurance and litigation considerations for in-cab cameras. Experts in both fields expressed preference for event-based driver-facing cameras over continuously recording cameras, and they concurred with drivers that primary video footage access should be limited to safety managers as much as possible.
Driver Shortage/ Driver Retention Research
- Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on the Trucking Industry 06/2023
- Issues and Opportunities with Driver-Facing Cameras 04/2023
- Integrating Younger Adults Into Trucking Careers 07/2022
- Owner-Operators / Independent Contractors in the Supply Chain 12/2021
- Developing a Younger Driver Assessment Tool Tech Memo: Phase 1 Beta Test – August 2021 08/2021
- NTA-ATRI Study – Reaching Our Youth: High School Students’ Career Aspirations – February 2021 02/2021
- Younger Driver Assessment Tool 08/2017
- Analysis of Truck Driver Age Demographics Across Two Decades 12/2014
- Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Retention and Safety 03/2003
- Empty Seats and Musical Chairs 10/1997
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