We’ve identified resources designed to help CMV drivers stay safe and healthy. In this section, you’ll find resources from our partners, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), trucking associations, and other trusted sources. This section is updated as new resources are identified.

Make sure to also visit our FMCSA resources and driver medical certification pages.

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Driving Healthy

As a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver, eating right is challenging because access to healthy food is often limited. It can also be a challenge to find the time or resources to exercise while on the road. The goal of Driving Healthy is to provide CMV drivers with health and wellness information targeted towards the unique needs of CMV drivers. We encourage visitors to explore the information within the Driving Healthy website, to interact with others on our Facebook and Twitter pages, and to share CMV-specific health-related information with others.

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Tips for Sharing the Road with Commercial Motor Vehicles

The fault in over three-quarters of crashes and near-crashes involving heavy vehicles is primarily attributed to car drivers. This may be indicative of inadequacies in driver education and training programs related to safely sharing the road with heavy vehicles. The Tips for Sharing the Road with Commercial Motor Vehicles website was designed to cover five key sharing-the-road scenarios using video clips of real-world driving events captured during one of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s naturalistic driving studies. The website includes video clips of driving, simulator screenshots, scenario descriptions, short tips and facts, and photographs of actual crashes between cars and heavy vehicles to convey the importance of proper road-sharing behavior. Although the website is aimed at new drivers, all drivers can benefit from reviewing the material and scenarios to ensure that they are sharing the road properly in their everyday driving.

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Commercial Motor Vehicle Driving Tips

Housed on the website of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Driving Tips website was developed to educate CMV drivers and fleet managers about common driving errors and provide valuable driving tips through an easily accessible tool, the Internet. The driving tips, ideas, and suggestions outlined on the website are supported with real-world driving video clips that exemplify the errors. The truck videos shown on the website were collected during real-world (open roadway) driving studies conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. As a training exercise, the examples on the website are followed by sets of questions aimed to spark thoughtful introspection of the behaviors shown in the videos.

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FMCSA Resources

Everyone knows that being healthy enough to drive safely is important. The FMCSA sets medical standards that most truck drivers in the United States are required to meet in order to drive as a professional. The driver medical certification screenings are not intended to serve as a replacement for a regular checkup from a doctor. The Driver Medical Certification section provides a basic guide for what these medical standards are and what they are not.

In addition to the Driver Medical Certification materials, FMCSA has many other resources available to help you maintain your health and safety while on the road. In this section, we’ve identified the most relevant FMCSA resources. Additional resources can be found on the FMCSA website.

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North American Fatigue Management Program

The North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP) is designed to address the issue of driver fatigue with a comprehensive approach that includes:

  • Information on how to develop a corporate culture that facilitates reduced driver fatigue.
  • Fatigue management education for drivers, drivers’ families, carrier executives and managers, shippers/receivers, and dispatchers.
  • Information on sleep disorders screening and treatment driver and trip scheduling information.
  • Driver and trip scheduling information
  • Information on Fatigue Management Technologies

Specific resources are provided for:

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CMV Driving Tips From Travelers