Comparative Study of Fatigue and Drowsiness in the Night-time Passenger Transportation Industry in Japan
In this research, a questionnaire survey was conducted
to measure nap, drowsiness and fatigue of drivers who work for long
shifts, to discuss about the work environment and health conditions for
taxi and bus drivers who work at night-time. The questionnaire sheet
used for this research was organized into the following categories:
tension/tiredness, drowsiness while driving, and the nap situation
during night-time work. The number of taxi drivers was 127 and the
number of bus drivers was 40. Concerning the results of a comparison
of nap hours of taxi and bus drivers, the taxi drivers’ nap hours are
overwhelmingly shorter, and also the frequency of drivers who
experience drowsiness is higher. The burden on bus drivers does not
change because of the system of a two-driver rotation shift. In
particular, the working environment of the taxi driver may lead to
greater fatigue accumulation than the bus driver’s environment.
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and living conditions, health and safety of taxi drivers during a recession
and deregulation in Hokkaido,” Hokkai-Gakuen University, the Journal
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nap and daytime sleep on heart rate and drowsiness in long-distance
highway bus drivers”, IATSS Research, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 78-82, 2006.
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of nap at work in night bus drivers”, Proceedings of KONAS IAIFI,
Denpasar, 2002.
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workers,” Sleep, vol. 16, pp. 727-735, 1993.
[1] M. Kawamura, “A study of the taxi business and survey of the working
and living conditions, health and safety of taxi drivers during a recession
and deregulation in Hokkaido,” Hokkai-Gakuen University, the Journal
of Economics, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 25-67, 2004.
[2] L. Mouri and T. Sasaki, “Driving in the midst of fatigue and poverty,”
Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, vol. 615, pp. 1-12, 2010.
[3] J. Horne, Sleepfaring: A Journey through the Science of Sleep. Oxford
University Press, 2006.
[4] H. Ikeda, A. Mihoshi, H. Ikeda, and M. Nakaseko, “Effects of nighttime
nap and daytime sleep on heart rate and drowsiness in long-distance
highway bus drivers”, IATSS Research, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 78-82, 2006.
[5] T. Ishibashi, H. Ikeda, and M. Nakaseko, “Recovery effects from fatigue
of nap at work in night bus drivers”, Proceedings of KONAS IAIFI,
Denpasar, 2002.
[6] T. Åkerstedt, L. Torsvall, and M. Gillberg, M. Shift work and napping. In
D. F. Dinges, R. J. Broughton (Eds.), “Sleep and alertness:
Chronobiological, behavioral, and medical aspects of napping,” New
York: Raven Press, 1989, pp. 205-220.
[7] R. R. Rosa, “Napping at home and alertness on the job in rotating shift
workers,” Sleep, vol. 16, pp. 727-735, 1993.
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to measure nap, drowsiness and fatigue of drivers who work for long
shifts, to discuss about the work environment and health conditions for
taxi and bus drivers who work at night-time. The questionnaire sheet
used for this research was organized into the following categories:
tension/tiredness, drowsiness while driving, and the nap situation
during night-time work. The number of taxi drivers was 127 and the
number of bus drivers was 40. Concerning the results of a comparison
of nap hours of taxi and bus drivers, the taxi drivers’ nap hours are
overwhelmingly shorter, and also the frequency of drivers who
experience drowsiness is higher. The burden on bus drivers does not
change because of the system of a two-driver rotation shift. In
particular, the working environment of the taxi driver may lead to
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