Posted by bc on April 30, 2009 at 14:52:50 from (208.189.34.44):
In Reply to: DOT Physical Question posted by Buzzman72 on April 30, 2009 at 10:00:34:
It's a new deal they are looking for. Along with diabetics. They want to know if you drink a lot of water and take a leak a lot which is a precursor to diabetes.
They've had a few truckers fall asleep at the wheel and then kill a few people. Then they have found out some had sleep apnea for years but the doctors didn't ask. Now they do. Don't want you dozing off and taking out a school bus with your big rig.
Same for diabetes. Some people and truckers don't know they have it or don't control it and go into a diabetic shock and kill a few people. I know a trucker who got shut down cause he drank and leaked a lot. His co-driver turned him him cause he always wanted to stop. They told him he had to get some marker on one of his tests down (forget if it was blood or urine and I kinda remember him saying his was about 220).
DOT is taking the heat for this. Unfortunately, even those that aren't over the road truck drivers and taking the heat.
I don't know if they would give you an ok if you did do the test, find out you have sleep apnea, and then start using the cpap machine or if it is an automatic permanent disqualification.
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