Sleep apnea causes fatigue. This is established fact.
Fatigued drivers are at higher risk for having an accident. This is established fact.
Seems to me that it follows from the above that sleep apnea increases the risk of an accident. The remedy, of course, is the CPAP machine.
Medical Certificates, what a joke!
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by dieselbear, May 16, 2009.
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My dad has had sleep apnea since.... before i can even remember. He's been driving almost 42 years and the only accident he's ever had is when someone fell asleep at the wheel and came over the median to hit him head on (a four wheeler)
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look, there are all different ways to conduct a physical, there are already rules and laws in place to take care of every problem discribed, so we don,t need more rules or laws, just enforce them!
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I haven't read the thread yet, but I'll toss in .02 here.
I have to take FAA physicals in order to legally fly, and in addition, I have to take a DOT physical to drive commercially. They are very similar, and one easily covers all the ground the other will, unless you're after a higher level flight physical, in which case you'll be getting a MUCH more comprehensive physical (more often, too).
You'd think an FAA physical would legally double as a DOT physical (after all, they're both DOT), but we are dealing with bureaucrats, after all. -
But...my first one, provided by my truck driving school, was given by a quack that would have passed almost ANYONE. If i wanted to, i could forge a medical card, using his name and license number, and i bet you that if you called him to verify it, he would. cause i bet he has no records of who he actually did physicals on! -
The purpose of a DOT physical is to ensure that a driver is safe around the motoring public, not so companies can save money by manipulating the system, if they wanted to do that they should have their own physical and not combine the two. Personally i think it's an unfair practice, and unless you own the company yourself it's really none of your business what other drivers can and can't do. I remember TMC making me lift a 100+LB Lumber tarp up to the top of a 13'6 load in orientation, with an aluminum ladder... The week after i got out of orientation they discontinued this practice because someone fell and was seriously injured... I still fail to see how this was an issue in the first place, considering in the real world a forklift driver has always lifted my tarps up for me.
Just one example of some silly things these companies come up with. Personally i believe that all DOT mandated physicals should be required to be done by a 3rd party to avoid this company misuse and manipulation. -
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Pur48Ted Thanks this. -
I was talking to my DME suppler today when i was getting a new mask and stuff for my cpap. Told her I was thinking of picking up a second MAchaine She told me respironics has a new travel cpap coming out in a couple of months 12volt accessory plug humidifier and reporting card.
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