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Appendix E-2
U.S. Study Phase 2 results from Daily Diary

Diary Table 1: Proportion of Days with Any Long delays for traffic

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	0	0.000	0	0.000
33	0	0.000	0	0.000
34	0	0.000	0	0.000
35	1	0.067	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	2	0.125	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	0	0.000	0	0.000
42	1	0.071	1	0.100

Mean		0.026		0.010

Diary Table 2: Proportion of Days with Any Weather problems while driving

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	4	0.222	3	0.250
32	2	0.111	4	0.308
33	3	0.167	3	0.300
34	3	0.167	4	0.333
35	10	0.667	7	0.636
36	0	0.000	3	0.273
37	6	0.375	8	0.615
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	1	0.056	1	0.083
42	2	0.143	2	0.200

Mean		0.191		0.300

Diary Table 3: Proportion of Days with Any Slow moving on the road

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	0	0.000	0	0.000
33	0	0.000	0	0.000
34	0	0.000	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	5	0.313	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	0	0.000	0	0.000
42	2	0.143	1	0.100

Mean		0.046		0.010

Diary Table 4: Proportion of Days with Any Traffic jams, making it slow going

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	0	0.000	1	0.077
33	0	0.000	0	0.000
34	0	0.000	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	0	0.000	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	0	0.000	0	0.000
42	1	0.071	1	0.100

Mean		0.007		0.018

Diary Table 5: Proportion of Days with Any Numerous hilly roads, making it slow going

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	0	0.000	0	0.000
33	0	0.000	0	0.000
34	1	0.056	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	10	0.625	7	0.538
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	0	0.000	0	0.000
42	1	0.071	2	0.200

Mean		0.075		0.074

Diary Table 6: Proportion of Days with Any Considerable crosswinds

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	2	0.111	1	0.083
32	1	0.056	1	0.077
33	2	0.111	4	0.400
34	1	0.056	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	7	0.438	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	0	0.000	0	0.000
42	0	0.000	0	0.000

Mean		0.077		0.056

Diary Table 7: Proportion of Days with Any Long waits for load assignments

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	0	0.000	0	0.000
33	0	0.000	0	0.000
34	0	0.000	1	0.083
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	0	0.000	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	4	0.222	3	0.250
42	0	0.000	0	0.000

Mean		0.022		0.033

Diary Table 8: Proportion of Days with Any Rest break for eating/hygiene

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	8	0.444	10	0.769
33	6	0.333	7	0.700
34	0	0.000	0	0.000
35	6	0.400	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	1	0.091
37	2	0.125	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	4	0.222	2	0.167
42	1	0.071	0	0.000

Mean		0.160		0.173

Diary Table 9: Mean Numbers Per Day Rest/Eating: Frequency

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	0.50	0.62	0.00	0.0	2.0	13	0.85	0.55	1.00	0.0	2.0
33	18	0.33	0.49	0.00	0.0	1.0	10	0.70	0.48	1.00	0.0	1.0
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.47	0.64	0.00	0.0	2.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.09	0.30	0.00	0.0	1.0
37	16	0.13	0.34	0.00	0.0	1.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
41	18	0.22	0.43	0.00	0.0	1.0	12	0.17	0.39	0.00	0.0	1.0
42	14	0.07	0.27	0.00	0.0	1.0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0

Mean		0.17		0.00				0.18		0.20

Diary Table 10: Cumulative Durations Per Day Rest/Eating: Duration

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	0.10	0.13	0.00	0.0	0.4	13	0.16	0.09	0.17	0.0	0.3
33	18	0.07	0.10	0.00	0.0	0.3	10	0.14	0.10	0.17	0.0	0.3
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.28	0.48	0.00	0.0	1.8	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.02	0.08	0.00	0.0	0.3
37	16	0.06	0.17	0.00	0.0	0.5	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
41	18	0.05	0.10	0.00	0.0	0.3	12	0.04	0.10	0.00	0.0	0.3
42	14	0.01	0.05	0.00	0.0	0.2	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0

Mean		0.06		0.00				0.04		0.03

Diary Table 11: Proportion of Days with Any Rest break including a sleep period

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.00	0	0.000
32	6	0.333	4	0.308
33	2	0.111	0	0.000
34	0	0.000	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	6	0.353	4	0.364
37	0	0.000	0	0.000
38	8	0.471	5	0.455
41	0	0.000	2	0.167
42	4	0.286	4	0.400

Mean		0.155		0.169

Diary Table 12: Mean Numbers Per Day Rest/Sleep: Frequency

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	0.33	0.49	0.00	0.0	1.0	13	0.31	0.48	0.00	0.0	1.0
33	18	0.11	0.32	0.00	0.0	1.0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	0.47	0.72	0.00	0.0	2.0	11	0.36	0.50	0.00	0.0	1.0
37	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.47	0.51	0.00	0.0	1.0	11	0.45	0.52	0.00	0.0	1.0
41	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.17	0.39	0.00	0.0	1.0
42	14	0.29	0.47	0.00	0.0	1.0	10	0.40	0.52	0.00	0.0	1.0

Mean		0.17		0.00				0.17		0.00

Diary Table 13: Cumulative Durations Per Day Rest/Sleep: Duration

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	0.18	0.28	0.00	0.0	0.8	13	0.17	0.27	0.00	0.0	0.8
33	18	0.19	0.62	0.00	0.0	2.5	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	0.17	0.27	0.00	0.0	0.8	11	0.08	0.12	0.00	0.0	0.3
37	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.35	0.42	0.00	0.0	1.0	11	0.43	0.50	0.00	0.0	1.0
41	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.04	0.10	0.00	0.0	0.3
42	14	0.22	0.54	0.00	0.0	2.0	10	0.20	0.26	0.00	0.0	0.6

Mean		0.11		0.00				0.09		0.00

Diary Table 14: Proportion of Days with Any Sleep/Nap out of vehicle

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	12	0.667	8	0.615
33	15	0.833	9	0.900
34	0	0.000	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	15	0.882	11	1.000
37	0	0.000	0	0.000
38	1	0.059	0	0.000
41	0	0.000	0	0.000
42	0	0.000	0	0.000

Mean		0.244		0.252

Diary Table 15: Mean Numbers Per Day Sleep/Nap out of vehicle: Frequency

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	0.67	0.49	1.00	0.0	1.0	13	0.62	0.51	1.00	0.0	1.0
33	18	0.83	0.38	1.00	0.0	1.0	10	1.00	0.47	1.00	0.0	2.0
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	1.06	0.66	1.00	0.0	3.0	11	1.09	0.30	1.00	1.0	2.0
37	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.06	0.24	0.00	0.0	1.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
41	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
42	14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0

Mean		0.26		0.30				0.27		0.30

Diary Table 16: Cumulative Durations Per Day Sleep/Nap out of vehicle: Duration

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	3.56	3.02	4.00	0.0	9.7	13	3.22	2.81	4.50	0.0	6.8
33	18	5.85	2.95	7.00	0.0	8.5	10	7.13	3.04	7.25	0.0	12.0
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	6.25	3.58	6.50	0.0	13.5	11	7.20	1.79	7.50	5.3	11.5
37	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.18	0.73	0.00	0.0	3.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
41	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
42	14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0

Mean		1.58		1.75				1.75		1.93

Diary Table 17: Proportion of Days with Any Sleep/Nap in vehicle

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	3	0.167	5	0.385
33	3	0.167	1	0.100
34	0	0.000	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	4	0.235	5	0.455
37	0	0.000	0	0.000
38	2	0.118	0	0.000
41	0	0.000	0	0.000
42	1	0.071	0	0.000

Mean		0.076		0.094

Diary Table 18: Mean Numbers Per Day Sleep/Nap in vehicle: Frequency

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	0.17	0.38	0.00	0.0	1.0	13	0.38	0.51	0.00	0.0	1.0
33	18	0.17	0.38	0.00	0.0	1.0	10	0.10	0.32	0.00	0.0	1.0
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	0.24	0.44	0.00	0.0	1.0	11	0.45	0.52	0.00	0.0	1.0
37	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.12	0.33	0.00	0.0	1.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
41	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
42	14	0.07	0.27	0.00	0.0	1.0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0

Mean		0.08		0.00				0.09		0.00

Diary Table 19: Cumulative Durations Per Day Sleep/Nap in vehicle: Duration

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
32	18	0.07	0.19	0.00	0.0	0.7	13	0.23	0.34	0.00	0.0	0.8
33	18	0.78	1.93	0.00	0.0	7.0	10	0.03	0.10	0.00	0.0	0.3
34	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	0.16	0.33	0.00	0.0	1.0	11	0.34	0.42	0.00	0.0	1.0
37	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.12	0.33	0.00	0.0	1.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
41	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
42	14	0.03	0.11	0.00	0.0	0.4	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0

Mean		0.12		0.00				0.06		0.00

Diary Table 20: Proportion of Days with Any Day off from driving

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	7	0.389	0	0.000
32	8	0.444	5	0.385
33	6	0.333	2	0.200
34	8	0.444	2	0.167
35	4	0.267	4	0.364
36	4	0.235	1	0.091
37	5	0.313	5	0.385
38	6	0.353	5	0.455
41	7	0.389	6	0.500
42	2	0.143	2	0.200

Mean		0.331		0.274

Diary Table 21: Proportion of Days with Any Activity on day off

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	7	0.389	0	0.000
32	6	0.333	3	0.231
33	6	0.333	2	0.200
34	5	0.278	2	0.167
35	1	0.067	0	0.000
36	2	0.118	1	0.091
37	6	0.375	3	0.231
38	4	0.235	0	0.000
41	5	0.278	6	0.500
42	2	0.143	2	0.200

Mean		0.255		0.162

Diary Table 22: Proportion of Days with Any FMT device gets driver's attention

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	1	0.056	1	0.083
32	10	0.556	10	0.769
33	2	0.111	2	0.200
34	5	0.278	3	0.250
35	1	0.067	1	0.091
36	1	0.059	3	0.273
37	1	0.063	3	0.231
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	1	0.056	4	0.333
42	10	0.714	3	0.300

Mean		0.196		0.253

Diary Table 23: Mean Numbers Per Day Number of delivery stops: Frequency

Driver	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max	N	Mean	Std	Med	Min	Max
	No Feedback						Feedback
31	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.08	0.29	0.00	0.0	1.0
32	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
33	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
34	18	0.06	0.24	0.00	0.0	1.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
35	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
36	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
37	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
38	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
41	18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
42	14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0

Mean		0.01		0.00				0.01		0.00

Diary Table 24: Proportion of Days with Any Loading/Unloading done by others

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	0	0.000	0	0.000
33	0	0.000	0	0.000
34	2	0.111	0	0.000
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	0	0.000	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	3	0.167	3	0.250
42	0	0.000	0	0.000

Mean		0.028		0.025

Diary Table 25: Proportion of Days with Any Personal physical activity in Loading/Unloading

Driver	Days	Proportion	Days	Proportion
	No Feedback		Feedback
31	0	0.000	0	0.000
32	0	0.000	1	0.077
33	0	0.000	0	0.000
34	8	0.444	8	0.667
35	0	0.000	0	0.000
36	0	0.000	0	0.000
37	1	0.063	0	0.000
38	0	0.000	0	0.000
41	5	0.278	0	0.000
42	10	0.714	7	0.700

Mean		0.150		0.144

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