Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

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  1. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

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    Mandatory sleep apnea testing IS NOT law. Companies like Concentra are backing it to make it law. That is why Abilene has stopped using them for our complete physicals. It's a long story, but suffice it to say, it's not a DOT regulation as of now.

    Back to my vacation.......
     
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  3. radioshark

    radioshark Road Train Member

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    Absolutely correct. OOIDA has a article on this saying exactly that. That it's not required
     
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  4. KD5AXG

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    And, they want you to sleep on your back. I can't, and never have been able to sleep on my back. It is a witch hunt. And all it will do is put good drivers out of work.
     
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  5. gallegosmike

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    I was thinking of when the change over to from local (state) control of dot medical cards to the federal control of the issue of medical cards. Meaning dr's had to be federally certified to issue medical cards. About three years ago, it was proposed that the requirement for sleep studies where going to be required. I never bothered to look into it because getting my physicals they never pushed the issue till now!
     
  6. VIDEODROME

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    I'm in a small town with no truck stops, but there is a Walmart and a closed K-Mart. I might park there until I get my stuff together to just move out of Michigan.
     
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  7. gallegosmike

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    I need to drop all conversation's about the sleep study at this point......
     
  8. gallegosmike

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    So any buddy driving the devils highway, hot and sticky in the SE? Any buddy got any ill will toward the Yankees or Cowboys??? LOL
     
  9. KD5AXG

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    I'm in a small town in NE Texas on home time. I park, with permission, out of the way at our local Walmart. Most Walmarts are truck friendly. Some are not.
     
  10. Jayback2trucking

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    So how is this test determined?
     
  11. radioshark

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    Where in Michigan. I used to live in the northern part of the lower peninsula and the UP.
     
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