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Stress results are 'baffling'

8th June 1995, Page 20
8th June 1995
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• Cynics might question the timing of Bill Morris's "fatigue can kill" campaign, which coincides with the election for the TGWU general secretary's post. But the union's campaign coincides with a survey on driver stress from the Drivers Action Movement (DAM). The questionnaire was completed by 130 drivers at last month's Truckfest and DAM admits it is baffled by a seeming lack of driver stress.

Answering the question "As a driver do you feel under pressure to complete daily work?" only 36 reported it is an everyday problem. Fourteen said it never occurs and 72 said it affects them only 'from time to time".

On drivers' hours, 47 said current law is adequate; 52 that hours are too long—and 22 that they are too short. The 130 owner-drivers, employed and agency drivers in the survey also seem relaxed about safety: 67 said the industry has a good safety record; 42 said it could be improved; but only 14 saw the industry as having a bad safety record. An overwhelming 97 said speed limiters have done nothing to improve safety; only 25 said they are useful, And roadside checks? What checks, asked the 19 drivers who have never been stopped, some of them after 20 years behind the wheel. However, 43 have been stopped in the past three months and 36 more in the past year. Twenty five have not been stopped in the last year.

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Organisations: Drivers Action Movement
People: Bill Morris

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