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U.S. Truck Driver Anthropometric and Truck Work Space Data Survey: Sample Selection and Methodology
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This paper presents the sample selection rationale and data collection methodology used to collect truck driver anthropometric and work space data. A total of 241 drivers were measured (183 males and 58 females). Data were collected in eight cities nationwide, based on estimates of the number of drivers in each geographic region. A mobile laboratory was used to measure, among other things, body dimensions, arm reach envelopes, foot reach, seat position, eye position, knee position, and stomach-to-wheel clearance. Three buck configurations were used which varied the number of parameters adjusted by the subjects, including seat fore-aft, seat height, steering wheel angle, steering wheel fore-aft, and steering wheel vertical positions. Front and side photographs were made of each subject in his or her preferred seating configuration.
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Sanders, M. and Shaw, B., "U.S. Truck Driver Anthropometric and Truck Work Space Data Survey: Sample Selection and Methodology," SAE Technical Paper 852315, 1985, https://doi.org/10.4271/852315.Also In
U.S. Truck Driver Anthropometric and Truck Work Space--Survey and Recommended Practices
Number: SP-0712; Published: 1987-07-01
Number: SP-0712; Published: 1987-07-01
References
- Bureau of the Census 1980 1977 census of t ransportation: Truck inventory and use survey Washington, DC Department of Commerce
- Sanders, M. S. 1977 February Anthropometric survey of truck and bus drivers: Anthropometry, control reach, and control force Washington, DC Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety
- Sanders, M. S. 1983 January U.S. truck driver anthropometric and truck work space data survey Warrendale, PA Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.
- Shaw, B. E. Sanders, M. S. 1984 May Female U.S. truck driver anthropometric and truck work space data survey Warrendale, PA Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.