Potential Application of Behavior-Based Safety in the Trucking Industry

The purpose of this research is to gain an understanding of Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) principals and to determine its applicability to the measurement and management of commercial motor vehicle driver performance and safety. As such, the contractor conducted a series of 3 presentation on BBS in late-August 1998. Two presentations were conducted at the HQ Department of Transportation and one was conducted at HQ American Trucking Associations Foundation, Inc. A question and answer session follwed each presentation.