Truck drivers are overtired, overworked, and underpaid — and that's a dangerous combination

• Truck drivers are pressured to work extremely long hours, contributing significantly to truck accidents.
• One survey shows that more than half of all US truck drivers exceed the weekly limit of 60 hours per week.
• In 2015, 3,836 people lost their lives in heavy vehicle crashes in the US.
• There's a strong link between pay and safety — if truck drivers are paid more, they would work fewer hours, thus reducing crashes. 

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Research shows that economic pressure pushes drivers to work extremely long hours, contributing significantly to truck crashes.

A 2010 survey by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health showed that, on average, long-haul truck drivers work 50% more hours than typical workers and regularly violate US regulations limiting commercial driver work hours for safety reasons.

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