I'm an unemployed cdl driver in Florida. I prefer local dump truck over otr. But I'm about to lose it all. I called otr companies last week. Western Express said a new DOT regulation is coming out about bmi b/c some study produced 75 percent of drivers in crashes were over weight and bmi and sleep apnea were regulated. I haven't had to deal with bmi since the military. I heard there's going to be weight control programs mobile like the mobile churches for truckers type deal. DOT is coming out with many new regulations this year. Western Express has already put the program into effect. http://www.examiner.com/x-15044-Lex...-be-a-requirement-for-Truck-Driving?#comments googled and found this
Lot of drivers are going to be out of work.
new: BMI Body mass regulation
Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by gixxer32404, Mar 21, 2010.
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The article you linked was just someone's blog. There was no basis of fact in it. I clicked the link he referred to for Prime and couldn't see anywhere that BMI of 39 or less was required.
Also I'm not sure if you are aware of this but the doctors who are recommending these sleep studies to the FMCSA own or operate the sleep clinics involved in a lot of this testing. They are only pushing this so they can make money. Contact your congressman and senators and let them know you are opposed to these new rules. -
Try this link to for general info:
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...7-weight-loss-body-mass-index-calculator.html -
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Some of the BMI-Sleep Apnea guidelines are actually insurance related, not DOT mandates. Even if DOT found exhaustive evidence that there was no correlation between BMI-Sleep Apnea and crash risk, a carrier can institute requirements of it's own. What many people don't realize, whether in the trucking industry or some other industry, is that companies can require certain things of employees that have no foundation in regulation. If DOT were to say, and it hasn't said, that drivers must have a BMI less than 39, a carrier is well within it's rights to say their drivers must have a BMI less than, say 35.
The following link takes you to an FMCSA(DOT) funded study done several years ago. Surprising results. There is more info out there. I've read it but don't have the links at my fingertips.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/briefs/SleepApneaCrash-RiskStudy-TechBrief.htmjtrnr1951 Thanks this. -
Juust curious ....did you try cypress, or Patco ?????
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As for BMI she said it's a 2010 regulation coming out this year. -
Sounds a little over the top to me, but that's what they were told according to him. -
mleibelt Thanks this.
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