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Individualized Fatigue Management Program Technology for Trucking Operations
Title: President
Phone: (215) 220-4251
Email: daniel@pulsarinformatics.com
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (215) 220-4252
Email: matthew@pulsarinformatics.com
This proposal leverages our current DOT-funded SBIR Phase II project developing
software to assist truck drivers and companies to fatigue optimize driver scheduling and route planning.
This project will build a set of web-services specially designed to provide objective quantitative feedback
to truck drivers, dispatchers, and safety managers about fatigue from fatigue stressors common in
trucking (e.g. chronic sleep restriction, extended duty hours, night work). The first web service is an aid
for drivers to optimize their route planning relative to fatigue and HOS guidelines. When integrated into
their in-cab Telematics offering it can provide drivers with guidance about optimal times to drive, when
to take a break, and sleep. It will also include an embedded database of rest stops to help the drivers
preplan their trip and avoid hunting for rest stops. The second web service will provide a dashboard of
driver fatigue scores in the context of vehicle performance data (received from their telematics system).
Dispatchers and safety managers will have real-time quantitative data about driver fatigue correlated
with business metrics such as HOS violations, speeding, hard braking, fuel efficiency, etc. This fatigue
dashboard will help proactively manage fatigue habits for safety and performance benefits.
Anticipated Results/Potential Commercial Applications of Results. The intended benefits include
Increased drivers alertness while driving, Increased career and company satisfaction – Greatly reducing
driver turnover and the ensuing recruiting/retraining costs, Improved safety (e.g. fewer accidents),
Reduced maintenance burden (e.g., fewer hard braking events), Improved fuel efficiency resulting from
more alert drivers, Reduced on-the-job injuries (during loading and other non-driving activities),
Improved customer relations by reducing driver negative affect associated with fatigue, Reduced
insurance premiums
* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *