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

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by 4wheelJoshua, Aug 4, 2011.

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  1. Aug 4, 2011 #41
    Jfaulk99

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  3. Aug 4, 2011 #42
    25(2)+2

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    The 24 was a large company rule, like JB Hunt, one of my friends used to drive for them and their word is what he went by. I have heard it from others, including drivers from most large companies. I have known drivers who drank their dinner, a few in the truck, but I surely don't reccomend it.

    I know a guy personally who got caught drinking while driving a truck, and less than 5 years later, he is again driving truck requiring a CDL. I'm not sure how and I'm not going to ask as long as he stays local.

    Another guy I know had gotten a DUI and could drive for my company first, then moved on to something similar but tankers, and has now moved up to a more prestigious outfit driving tankers. It did prevent him moving up as fast as he would have liked, but I'm sure his stint in the federal lockup in Duluth didn't do him any good, either.

    Most others I know of as having a DUI conviction are no longer driving truck.
     
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  4. Aug 4, 2011 #43
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    Since I wasn't there I don't know the ins and outs of the case. But I've charged people for DUI that have blown .00 Bac. Thoe folks had a drug or combination of drugs on board. I've also seen people at a .05 that are have noticable psychophysical impairment and can not drive a vehicle safely. In that case they can be charged and convicted of DUI. The .08 is a threshold mark that has been mandated by the feds for State's to receive federal highway dollars. Basically if a person is a .08 BAC they are impaired by the mere reason they have blown the limit. I've seen career drunks that drink everyday that stay a .10 at all times and function better than you do sober. I've arrested umerous people for DUI that blew a .12 or higher and had no clues or indicator of impairment except for the smell. Give them the test and they were way over the limit.
     
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  5. Aug 4, 2011 #44
    Roadmedic

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    Didn't there used to be a limit of .02 when reporting for work on cdl?

    I have not been able to find it.

    I was wondering if that is what the officer came up with and charged him.
     
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  7. Aug 4, 2011 #45
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    I'm thinking there is more to this story as well...
     
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  8. Aug 4, 2011 #46
    4wheelJoshua

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    So the whole thing can be summarized as: The guy tried to argue with an officer and got what he deserved because it is all at the discretion of the officer, since afterall the .08 is merely a guideline or threshold? The officer seen him leave Applebee's so he must have been drunk?

    I didn't know you could blow triple zeroes and still be charged. That's more messed up than I thought. BTW DieselBear love the tales from the road you share on that really big thread. :)
     
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  9. Aug 4, 2011 #47
    dieselbear

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    The triple zero blow and still being charged usually comes down to drugs being in the system. whether it be prescription (Xanax, Percocet, Oxycotin etc.) or weed, cocaine, meth etc. A study a while back found that the people in the study were involved in fatal wrecks. It found that 70% of people that had a drug (whether it was alcohol, prescriptions or illicit drugs) in their system at the time of the collision had multiple drugs(or otherwise known as poly drug use) in their system.
     
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  10. Aug 5, 2011 #48
    smarttowers

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    Ok think I may have found something while I'm reading the New Mexico CDL book.

    This may be the rule that has been skewed to be interpreted that you can not drive for 24 hours after drinking. It does clearly state that if you have any detectable alcohol even .01 then your grounded for 24 hours.
     
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  11. Aug 5, 2011 #49
    Injun

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    I have no idea where this comes from or where to find it, but I've always been told a CDL holder cannot have more than .04 at any time behind the controls of any vehicle, including the reins of a horse. Absolutely no detectable amount of alcohol while driving a CMV.

    I have never been able to confirm this. So it could be complete BS.

    However, to your question "Are you allowed to drink?" Yes. Just don't drive afterward. Duh.
     
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  12. Aug 5, 2011 #50
    lostNfound

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    Not true. As already posted, a CDL holder is treated no differently when not in a CMV. "No detectable amount" does not mean 0.00% either. I put up the definitive post(s) on the CMV side of this a couple of months ago. :biggrin_25525: I'll see if I can find a link.
     
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