According to speakers on a recent webcast presented by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and Fleet Owner, distractions that disrupt driving are often so random and responding to them almost voluntary that managing their number and training drivers to be more aware of them is the best method to boosting safety on the road. Even in testing, drivers showed no attempts at delaying distracting tasks until it was safer to do so.

Of all the challenges facing truck drivers today, one of the toughest to identify and remedy is distracted driving. Driving, it turns out, is an especially difficult task for humans, accustomed for millennia to dealing with things, at worst, at the speed of a fast run. Three experts on the subject of distracted driving shared their perspectives in a free, live webcast this week, presented by Truckload Carriers Assn. and Fleet Owner and sponsored by Xata.

Guest speakers included David Money, technical director transportation services for the Loss Control Advisory Services Group of Liberty Mutual Insurance; Prof. Shlomo Breznitz, an internationally recognized cognitive psychologist, president of CogniFit and founding director of the Center for the Study of Psychological Stress at the University of Haifa, Israel; and Stephen Keppler, interim executive director for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

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