here is your new drivers license????
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by chaz7r, Oct 22, 2014.
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I think by 2017 we won't have to worry anymore and there won't be a medical card. We are suppose to be fully computerized by then nation wide and Canada. NH where I live is already online with the FMCSA. After my physical the doctor goes online and enters in my info to the national data base. So, in not too long when your pulled in for a paper work check your medical status will be available to everyone.
I think many of you missed my point about what I said in a previous post.
When doctors do anything it's recorded on a nation wide data base like flu, cuts from opening hard plastic packages and all sorts of other stuff. CDL medicals have also been recorded. Not your name, just the amount of ones that have been done, length of medical card, high blood pressure restrictions and lots of other data. From this they were able to determine given then number of valid CDL holders and medicals done they realized around %50 percent of medicals out there are forged. I can tell you that of the 7 drivers at the company I use to park my truck at 5 are forged and cannot pass the medical exam. These people are going to drop like fly's in the next year or so. -
I would doubt there are a huge number of CDL holders who have forged medicals. I know quite a few CDL holders and all of them go through the process of getting their medical from a legitimate clinic or physician. However, medical cards and long forms have been available from truck stops for years. So, the availability of these forms is there where drivers could forge them. I have seen the forms in truck stops, but assumed drivers would get them and take the form to their doctor to fill out. It didn't occur to me that a high number of drivers would forge their medical. I don't know that having a valid medical really makes roads more safe. If there really are a high number of drivers with falsified medical cards for drivers who are unable to pass the exam, then we could wind up with a REAL driver shortage rather than one fabricated by major carriers. It could be used to bring in large numbers of illegals or foreign drivers to fill the seats.
I recently sent in my new medical card to my state and it showed up on my record the next day. I was told that I still need to keep a hard copy in my possession. -
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semi retired semi driver and Redtwin Thank this.
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Pretty soon they will have brain monitors on us looking for decreased brain function and shuts down the truck in 30 minutes. -
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