The U.S. trucking industry is vital to the nation’s economy. Trucks move more than 70 percent of the country’s cargo and the industry employs more than 7 million people.

Nearly half of those people are driving the trucks. Driving a truck is tough; turnover rates can exceed 90 percent. With the average trucker putting in as much as 70 hours in an eight-day workweek, fatigue behind the wheel is a significant challenge to the job. An estimated 100,000 or more crashes per year are attributed to driver drowsiness and fatigue.
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