Developing countermeasures to improve fitness to drive in professional drivers [Abstract]

Professional drivers are at risk to be involved in a crash associated with an impairment (Talbot et al., 2016; Hanowski, et al., 2007). Working conditions, for example shift work, can lead to increased fatigue or stress (e.g. Åkerstedt et al., 2001) and alcohol, drugs (illegal/medicinal) increases crash risk (Romano et al., 2014). The PANACEA project (2021-2024), aims to design and pilot a professional driver fitness to drive platform that combines technology measuring alcohol, drugs, fatigue and stress prior to a shift and fatigue during a shift and delivers post-trip countermeasures. This abstract will provide an overview of how the countermeasures addressing fatigue, stress, alcohol use and drugs were developed. The countermeasures will be listed, but results about their effectiveness and user acceptance are not yet available as trials are ongoing.