Probably fired by now

§392.3 Ill or fatigued operator.
No driver shall operate a commercial motor vehicle, and a motor carrier shall not require or permit a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle, while the driver’s ability or alertness is so impaired, or so likely to become impaired, through fatigue, illness, or any other cause, as to make it unsafe for him/her to begin or continue to operate the commercial motor vehicle. However, in a case of grave emergency where the hazard to occupants of the commercial motor vehicle or other users of the highway would be increased by compliance with this section, the driver may continue to operate the commercial motor vehicle to the nearest place at which that hazard is removed.

 

I had the same problem last year and i had taken all the tylenol and absoule I could take. I called dispatched told them I had to go to the ER. It was no problem just told me to let them know how it went and what they prescribed. Remember its a job and your the most important thing on the truck. I appreciate people who remember that and people have to be remind of that.

 

Ora-jel extra strength works to hold off some of the pain with bad toothaches. You can find this at CVS/Walgreen's/Wal-mart. I've used it to get me to the dentist and I've had some really bad tooth problems (I broke a tooth in a bike accident and it's been downhill since then)

Sorry to hear about this situation, it seems that some people really don't care about others. It's all too common these days to just be a number to a company.

 

if a trucking company denied me medical treatment, i would tell them to bend over so i could drive that truck straight up their ###. If i owned a company and one of my drivers needed medical attention, i would tell him to go whereever asap to get the help he needed screw the load or shippers. human life is more important than any truck, load, or amount of money.

 

Well congrats on moving on but I would like to give kudos for not abandoning your truck, and putting in your two weeks notice. Good luck and let us know where off too next.

KH

 

if a tooth gets infected, it can poison your blood stream and kill you...

 

In my experience the best QC is "Unable to pickup and deliver safe and legal" the weekend crew is stopped in their tracks, the regular crew slows way down and gets the whole story. I've not had call to use it for medical issues, but on other occasions is has allowed me to be really heard. Hope you find a new gig soon.

 

I must be one tough ####### then.