Need dot consultant? Dot advice

Thx for your advice. My transplant doc cleared me for 1 yr, and I have physical scheduled for wed. I take BP medication but as a normal regimen for transplant patients, never had high BP. I understand the physical will be repeated. I was just advised that having one prior might improve my chances of getting on somewhere because of history. Sound to me like some companies dicriminate against those who must qualify yearly. Another example of the insurance companies running the country.

 

One member did post applicants were turned away at orientation because they had a 1 year card . It was the carrier policy , not the insurance company . Another was rejected by the carrier physician because his BP was slightly higher than 140/90 . He could have been given a 1 year card following FMCSA guidlines .

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/safetyprograms/Medical-Report.pdf

 

Thx for info, This physical is not for any particular company. I was advised because of my transplant history having one in hand proir to applying might keep the panic down. I have VA so no cost to me.

 

Mine is nowhere near that threshold around the 110/70 always has been. So companies can decide what portions of the guidlines they wish to follow. I'll give 100:1 that the company policy was drafted to comply with their insurance so they would insure them. I looked closer at doctors letter and it says " suitable for cardiac clearance through 2011" and did some digging on fmcsa and found heart transplants are on biannual cert. that is a relief. thx again.

 

Ok im gonna ask the burning question,how would one go about getting a dot job,what are the minimum requirements and such.

 

Browse through this site .
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/search.aspx?q=Fmcsa&where=wva&x=87&y=12&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y

 

If your talking about the federal DOT jobs then go thru the web site, for the state dot jobs, they go thru the state employment security offices

 

I have a question for you DOT guys. I'm a dispatcher for a small trucking company, and we recently had 1 of our drivers get a ticket in california for being off route. Now he did have a permit and was in accordance with it so far a dims and weight (we are a heavy hauling company, the driver was 14' wide and 216,000lbs). The permit had him routed from the Oregon border to L.A. going down I-5. The driver had pulled off of I-5 only to stop for the night at a truck stop, which was within sight of the highway. However a california highway patrolman woke him up that night and ended up writing him a ticket for being off permit.

So what I'm trying to find out is, what do the federal regulations say about being able to reach a safe haven? Are the any provisions that would offer any protections for this? Because almost all our loads have permits (we probably order 300-500 permits a month in various states), and I have never seen a permit where the state would add truck stops to the route (assuming you could predict where you end up each day). I'd appericate any insight you can give on this.

 

I'm not a DOT guy but you need an attorney . Something isn't right here . Maybe he could have slept in a rest area but what about when he needs fuel ? You can't get that without getting off the highway .

 

I agree Rick. Somewhere, somehow I believe something isn't right with either the officer or the driver's story. If it were me, I would contact the Agency and ask to speak to the officer's supervisor. Not taking sides, but the story sounds fishy to me. If the story is correct, I would have an attorney help with the matter.