CDL Practice Exams / DOT Physical

Everytime you go to the DMV prepare to show your med card and Social Security card.

 

LOL. Yeah, it's not a pretty picture, is it?

 

Any medication you have will need to be reported yet wont stop you from passing a physical. Most of the physicals I have dealt with you do from a sitting position. Sounds complicated huh? It really depends on whom you drive for. Contact the recruiter and ask for their medical number and ask them (the people at the medical section) what it takes to pass their physical.

Otherwise if you are taking medication you will need your doctor to certify whether the meds will impair your ability to operate a commercial vehicle (GET IT IN WRITING). Also the company that you plan to work for will want the phone # of whom they can contact to verify your medical history.

 

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061028201111AAM06ve

Check out that link from a few years back. Most driver applications I have seen specifically ask if you have back problems. Like Giggles said, you may want to think real hard about driving for a living. You will probably find it near impossible to get a company to hire you if you have to take Percocet. Just like these idiots that go to truck driving school thinking that a medical marijuana card is going to make it ok for them to smoke weed.

 

I was never asked for my SS card

 

Lucky you,I was.Then for hazmat I needed that med card and birth certificate.

 

Any pain medication can cause trouble. I can tell you that any opiate based medication (even Vicodin and codeine) will get you rejected, even with a doctor's note.

Don't worry about the duck walk. I just had to stoop a bit and take a few steps. It's more a balance test than anything.

 

SS card at DMV maybe.

 

they wanted to do the turn your head and cough thing during my DOT physical.
The best part was, the Dr. was a she and a pretty attractive one at that.


DL.