Some guys think they are talented because they can eat and drive at the same time. That’s not Zero’s fault.
Don't forget your High Definition Piss Jugs!
Posted on 10/12/2010 3:16:54 PM PDT by GailA
The lifestyle of truck drivers can lead to many health problems and many drivers are looking at the new safety initiative, CSA 2010 as focusing on the problem of obesity and sleep apnea. The concerns drivers are having is due to the following statement, found in the CSA 2010 document which states:
“Driver Fitness BASIC—Operation of CMVs by drivers who are unfit to operate a CMV due to lack of training, experience, or medical qualifications.” The “medical qualification” that many drivers are concerned with, is the possible disqualification due to being overweight.
We have received emails from drivers who are having difficulty getting hired because of their weight and even those who are being forced to go through sleep apnea testing because they meet certain candidate criteria, including weight and neck size.
How does CSA 2010 define Truck Driver Fitness?
http://www.adslogistics.com/blog/bid/37237/How-does-CSA-2010-define-Truck-Driver-Fitness
Some guys think they are talented because they can eat and drive at the same time. That’s not Zero’s fault.
Truckers are at the heart of this nation and if Mr. Obama wants his steak, caviar, and lobster delivered fresh and ontime he’d better not screw with them.
What is CSA 2010? How does it compare to CSA 1861?
The sleep apnea thing is a little hard to buy. Virtually every truck driver I know has been diagnosed with sleep apnea and given a choice of getting treatment (and expensive equipment) or face losing their jobs.
These is already technology out there that will monitor the drivers eyes and warn the driver if he is dosing.
Next thing to come is to make this technology mandatory on all new vehicles.
Then later they will mandate that the technology will warn two or three times and then it will start a timer that will shut down the engine in a given amount of time.
Sounds like the Liberal Free Trade Globalist agenda at work....get American truckers out of the industry and replace them with Mexican drivers and trucks. This time, they will use bogus “physical condition” standards
We have already seen this tried when Bush opened up US roads to all Mexican trucks and truckers. That was a great day for Illegal Aliens and Drug Cartels...bad day for American truckers
This Economic Anti-American nonsense has got to stop. Both parties push the Free Trade Globalist agenda...and it ends up costing Americans and America trillions in lost jobs, revenue, and wealth redistribution.
And, getting creamed by a Mexican truck driven by a illiterate Mexican driver is not pretty.
This was mentioned on Beck’s show this morning by a caller. I’d not see any mention of it FR posted. Took so doing but I did turn up this info, so there has to be more out there for those who know more about the industry to help google for.
Have you seen some of those government workers who drive dump trucks? 3x’s some of them. And they have to have CDL’s to operate those trucks.
Does this apply to any one who must hold a CDL for their job? I don’t have an answer for that...again more FReepers with experience in the industry need to chime in and educate us.
Other provisions include:
7) ability to speak and read English
Hmmmmm.
Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative designed to provide motor carriers
The second part of your question needs to be asked of a semi driver.
What is CSA 2010? How does it compare to CSA 1861?
CSA 1861 did not go after Southern wagon drivers in order to replace them with Mexican wagon drivers
Commercial drivers are required to meet basic medical requirements as part of their licensing. If I remember correctly, one of the provisions in these requirements is a mandatory medical exam (maybe annually, or every two years).
One of the things driving this safety initiative is the recognition by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that some states have such accommodating laws governing the practice of medicine that these "exams" can be conducted by people who should not be considered doctors by any objective measure. Apparently, states that allow chiropractors to function as "primary care physicians" (I think California and New Jersey are among them) are the main culprits. The article mentioned one chiropractor in California who has an office at a major truck stop and gives full-blown "medical exams" that include a whole bunch of things (like vision testing, blood tests, etc.) that he is absolutely not qualified to do.
CSA doesn’t change any of the already existing medical qualifications for drivers. However there are more DOT regs coming down the road which will change them. All drivers of commercial motor vehicles must take a DOT physical at least every 2 years. Both cdl and non cdl drivers of commercial motor vehicles. The entire CSA2010 program, which is scheduled to go nationwide on Nov 30, is available at federal motor carrier safety administration website. www.fmcsa.dot.gov
There is a pending rule in the fmcsa pipeline which would require all medical examiners who oerform DOT physical to undergo standardized training (on how to properly conduct these exams) and also to be certified by the DOT to do them. This is likely to become a final rule by 2012.
That is one of the general qualifications to drive a commercial motor vehicle in the US. This falls under the Driver Fitness BASIC. There are 7 BASIC’s in the CSA2010. The others are Unsafe Driving, Fatigued Driving, Drug and Alcohol, Vehicle Maintenance, Cargo Securement, and Crash Indicator. Freepmail me if anyone has any in depth questions on this topic. I train trucking companies on DOT compliance
Some guys think they are talented because they can eat and drive at the same time. That’s not Zero’s fault.
Don't forget your High Definition Piss Jugs!
DOnt worry about it in 5 yrs all trucks will be auto-piolet and you will get a huge tax break if you give up the wheeel.
And then they leave the filled jugs sitting along the roadside for somebody else to deal with. Fine, piss in a jug. But at least have the decency to pour it out before leaving it somewhere.
I see — thanks for the heads-up. I think that article I referred to in my last post was written to address some of those pending rule changes.
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