Does dot look into your past medical history?

OP, you still need a medical certificate for class B; actually anything over 10,000# GVWR being used as a commercial vehicle needs a Med Cert.

All the potential liabilities still exist

 

Of course, you are going to be liable.

Why wouldn't you think you wouldn't?

See this is why ...

This is seriously a problem, it is why we have to have government up our ******. And still, it is really those who think they don't have to play by the rules.

When there is an accident, a serious one or one with an injury, there is a group that comes from the swamp, called personal injury lawyers; others call them ambulance-chasing scum. These things are the creation of the devil.

This group will look into everything, from your medical records to your logs and what you had to eat for lunch, may even look into your bowel movements to find an angle to get as much money for themselves under the guise of getting money for their clients. When there is a verdict, they usually get a third, so it is profitable for them. Trucks and drivers are easy money; they advertise this as easy money. There was a series of billboards in the Detroit area by two law firms trying to outdo each other with truck payouts; one claimed a billion dollars collected from trucking companies.

 

If you cause the crash, you and the company are on the hook. If the other person caused the accident the opposing lawyers will "settle" for some amount of money to just go away.
If you can get one or more doctors to clear you for driving after they have all relevant info, then the risk shifts to the company or doctor. If you hide necessary info from the doctors then you are screwed. Imagine you were seriously injured by a truck driver that hid important medical info. Would you just walk away without demanding a 100 million dollars?

MOST newbies think saying "I don't want to have a crash" is the same as driving well. NOBODY plans to crash but not driving correctly PLUS the idiots in 4-wheelers cause crashes. Newbies are almost overwhelmed by the job AND they are addicted to their phones and they can't concentrate. So they run into stuff and damage things. Newbies today think having a half-dozen incidents in a year is normal. WT actual F? The industry has cameras and vehicle monitors so things that didn't have to be reported in the past are automatically reported before you go to sleep, whether you like it or not.

 

Look, it is easy, play by the rules, cover your ***** by making sure everything is documented.

This is a mental illness, it is normally controlled by medication, and it is something that can cause injury and death when there are serious problems by someone with these problems in a vehicle. Not to be offensive, but there is no way for us to tell you what you can or can't do, you may not even be able to handle the stress of driving a truck while learning how to drive a truck. All of it is between you and your doctor(s) and the examiners.

 

Agreed, I also want to add that the driver of said CMV, who does NOT hold a CDL, needs to make sure the examiner follows 391.43(g)(2) and give them a copy of the long form. I have heard some horror stories where MEs won't follow this rule. It is in place because non-CDL holders don't have their medicals as a part of their driver's license and MUST keep their medicals on them.

 

If you can't drive a truck what other job also allows you to work alone and doesn't require a lot of expensive licenses or training? I went broke trying to complete my pilot training, switched to aircraft mechanic, almost became homeless, and got into trucking. Electricians and plumbers work alone. Refusing to seriously look for ANYTHING else isn't increasing your chances to be a truck driver, it's just setting you up for making a more desperate decision later if trucking isn't for you. Half of society has been ruined by the idea that if they just ignore reality hard enough and never take no for an answer they can be the next music star, influencer, or sports millionaire despite all the obvious signs it's not going to happen. Reality doesn't disappear just because we ignore it. TONS of jobs don't have a requirement for regular medical exams.