Is a Physical Required to Become a Truck Driver?

Lol, no it's a 50 year thing. Once you reach 50, they violate you in all kinds of ways.

I think they secretly decommission you, then try to sell you Viagra.

 

It's just as important as a monthly breast exam for women. A few minutes of akwardness is a small price to pay for either a clean bill of health or early detection.

 

Detection be danged. PAP smears and breast exams are IMMORAL!!

Who cares that they have saved hundreds of thousands of lives?

 

Actually, they have lowered it to 45 as a "strong recommendation ", then if they find polops they can clean them out and check you again in 2-5 years. If nothing is found you get 10.

OP: Don't ever become a firefighter. I had my personal yearly physical one month, DOT physical the next, and firefighter physical/ stress test the following month. All had me drop my drawers. If you can't handle a Dr. checking to make sure your ok, then you would never be happy driving a truck. Truckers HAVE to have thick skin to take all the crap they do. You have to honestly ask yourself if you can handle life on the road.

 

Excellent point.

Considering what I hear on the CB radio and see both on the road and in truck stops, I fear our O/P's delicate sensibilities may be damaged. Sheesh! Talk about immorality!

How's he going to handle the first approach by a lot lizard? Wish I could be a fly on the wall for that one...

 

No less ignorant and entertaining than your idea it's immoral to have a hernia check, but not immoral to lie about it....by that, I mean find a doctor who doesn't know any better and "get by" with it.

A large part of the reason DOT is clamping down on this industry so hard is a group of folks who do what they can to "get by" regulations. You are no different.

 

Aside from all that....its still a hernia check...and its still for your own good.

 

No guv'mint agency has ever been able to "legislate" anything than benefits everyone at the expense of none. In this point, sir, you are absolutely correct.

That said, we currently have a set of requirements we must live by, whether we like it or not. One of those requirements is men will not have hernias. Therefore, a hernia check is mandated. It's your turn to pay the price for your guv'mint. Next time, it might be mine and you will be telling me how ridiculous my position on a subject is.

Don't ya just love the old USA?