Body Mass Index (BMI) and Neck Size Screening?

Another question along those lines if anyone knows: what happens if, when you were hired you met the standard and later, due to this crappy lifestlye of junk food, no exercise, poor sleep, and too much stress, causes you to gain ALOT of weight? (I gained over 100 lbs since I started trucking)
Does that mean they can fire that driver???

 

I won't say yes or no, as I haven't gotten too far into reading all of CSA 2010 regs. However, I'd guess that it's a possibility, and that and driver's past safety record is what started all the rumors about how thousands of drivers will be out of work when it is implemented.

 

ACLU ought to have a field day with this,, discrimination at it's finest,, Companies who use this as reason to let go of drivers with no other fault against the driver, are putting themselves in a very actionable position for a lawsuit from the driver and his attorney...

 

It is NOT discrimination, not even close................

 

Spoken like a skinny person! Everyone prejudges by appearance. I guess us fat people are OK to pick on. What's ironic is most people are over weight nowadays.
Whatever, I don't let the comments bother me but when you threaten my ability to earn a living, we have a problem!

 

It still isn't discrimination, not hiring cigarette smokers is the same thing.

And Dave, my BMI is almost as bad as yours............

 

This is a touchy issue, and I can see both sides. BMI is not a perfect indicator of healthy weight; as the OP posted, the number is skewed for muscular people. However, I can't see a muscular person having a BMI over 39 unless they are competitive bodybuilding.

And there are people who are "fat but fit." My mom has always been overweight, but when I was a skinny lazy teenager and we'd go hiking together, she could outwalk me.

On the flip side, I see drivers who can barely walk because they are so fat and out of shape. We all know this leads to very serious health problems. So I can understand where concerns about the safety of these individuals driving an 80,000lb vehicle have some legitimacy.

There's no perfect answer. I certainly don't have a solution that would make everyone happy. But I do wish truckers would quit making excuses and saying trucking made them fat.

 

This BMI thing is total horse droppings. I'm 6'5", 245 pounds, and the calculator says my BMI is 29.0... the very top end of overweight, just below obese. I wear size 33 jeans, have fairly good muscle definition, and can bench press my own weight. For giggles, I messed with the numbers until the BMI fell into the "normal" range... I'd have to lose 35 pounds! The last time I weighed 210 pounds, I was 16 years old and my doctor said I was about 25 pounds too light!

 

I can only assume that you are referring to my earlier post.
I feel obligated to tell you I was 100 lbs lighter before trucking. It is a medically accepted fact that a poor choice of foods (cuz we all know the crap available to us drivers is just that), a lack of exercise, a lack of quality sleep, and constant exposure to stress are all contributing causes to weight gain.
Admittedly, I also am responsible but I didn't really have the recipe for success in the OTR lifestyle. I think even the most healthy person's weight would suffer under such grueling circumstances. I respect anyone who has the time and motivation to diet and exercise on the road, I certainly don't make fun of them.