Between this and the incredibly low bar the DOT physical places on “diagnosis” of sleep disorders, the US Government is destroying the transportation industry.
I was “diagnosed” with Apnea based on honestly answering a couple questions like “If you lie down in the afternoon, do you fall asleep? Well duh.
A real sleep specialist tested me and found that my apnea is so mild he wouldn’t even treat it, yet because the Government was in charge, I would need to get a CPAP and spend over $1000 a year for a job in which I was a volunteer bus driver a couple times a year.
So, the organization I drove for lost a driver and I gave up my CDL.
This is just patently stupid.
You’re correct, and at the same time there are (hundreds of?) thousands of people driving who are totally unfit, drugged, illegals, skating by the rules.