2 beers, on day off, in personal car = fired

This statement about being held to a .04 BAC no matter what you're driving has been going on for awhile. Every state I have looked at the laws it always says while operating a commercial vehicle. I just looked at Ohio and it says the same thing, while operating a CMV. So unless it's spelled out in the state laws you should be held to the same limit as anyone else driving a car-.08. If you have a state that does say any vehicle your driving please let me know. As far as the cop bringing that to court I think I would have said a professional should know the laws and get off his high horse.

 

Police misinterpret laws all the time. I got a ticket once when I logged being off duty all day on a run with an extra day because I didn't fill out an inspection that day. He said the law is that you must fill out a PTI every day you are on the truck even if it does not move.

 

392.5(a)

You've got to cut it out 4 hours before coming on duty. That link also lays out why it's basically shoot-yer-foot territory to have personal alcohol in the truck (even though basically every company out there is going to forbid this anyway).

 

.08 is only the federal limit. While many states go with that, there are some with lower limits.

 

CHART!

Looks as though everybody's .08 for now. I can't verify the age of the chart, though.

EDIT::Dated source, it's .08

 

He couldn't have got a DUI/DWI without being over legal limit regardless of license type, he gambled and lost...Sucks...

 

As a CDL holder you have to wait 24 hours after drinking to get into a CMV, not sure on the private vehicle law, but if he was arrested for DUI and convicted, he most likely lost his CDL for a year, company can not let him deive

 

No, sorry. It's 4 hours. See here