Sleep apnea and CPAP monitoring...legal???????

I know that some insurance companies won't pay for the machine if it's not being used for x amount of time per night.

 

Not being a SmartArse but in all seriousness " It is" Their" Company they can make any rules" They" want . Its up to you to follow them or find another company with rules you approve of.Personally for years I thought the same thing why should the company be able to tell me how to live off duty on my own time . But lately after having dealt in management having to listen to drivers complain because they say they cannot do job because of back problems or pulled muscles who are morbidly obese and just lazy is BS. Companies have to put faith in you as a driver in a 80,000 to 150,000 dollar piece of equipment so I would say that gives them a little incentive to make sure you are capable of getting adequate rest. Just my 2 cents

 

don't you have to take your monitoring in with you when you do your physical????

 

The more that drivers comply with such requirements, the more companies wil demand. Find a better company.

My employer doesn't even ask to see my long form.

 

Staying within Compliance doesn't mean just using it on the days you actually drive a truck.

If you want privacy, you're in the wrong business.

 

It's an insurance issue (i.e. liability for you operating their equipment). That and let's be honest here...if you can't follow simple instructions (i.e. A neurologist and subsequently your employer ordering you to use a CPAP), why would an employer want to trust you with: $100k+ (truck), $40k+ (trailer), and $100k+ (freight)?

 

The OP has a valid point, though. So what's next, are the rest of us going to have to strap on a device that records how much time we spend in the prone position, and how much of that time is in REM sleep? There are dozens of causes for one (ANYONE, healthy or not) not to get proper rest on any given day or course of a week or whatever, so why pick on those who regularly snore? I might toss and turn one night and only sleep 3 hours, should I self report and make myself ineligible to drive and disqualify myself until such time I can get a new medical clearance? You have allergy/sinus issues one week and snore more then usual, are you "a danger"? Are you to take that week off from work?

Are we all going to have to begin recording our activities 24/7 while on home-time or a restart to "insure we are living a healthy lifestyle"? The point is, a person who gets a quality 8 hours sleep every day can crash a truck due to falling asleep just as easily as one who always sleeps in fits and starts.

The way things are going, just stick around. The ones saying the OP should "suck it up and play by the rules" will one day have some new BS rule thrown at them and all of the sudden they'll be looking for some civil rights attorney and screaming they are being unfairly treated. And maybe then, they'll think back and realize maybe the OP here was sending a warning, and nobody cared.