Increased drug testing

I just saw on the "News" thing, drug testing is going to double in 2020 across the board. Half of ALL drivers will be tested, up from 25%. The article states, today, there is less than 1% that fail drug tests, that's 99% drug free. I'm sorry, that's pretty good for ANY industry. It went on to say, it will cost carriers between $50 and $70 million dollars MORE to comply with that. Now, I'm not for druggies driving our trucks, but does anyone else think this is a money making scam and will be yet another nail in the coffin for these carriers, who are barely making it as it is. This drug testing BS is out of control in an industry strapped for drivers as it is. Are the roads really that much safer? Guilty until proven innocent, and there's money to be made because of that farce. When, if ever, are you guys going to put a stop to this baloney? Be drug testing to buy a freakin' McDonalds hamburger soon.

 

I was hoping you'd see this, you have a voice of reason here, I have a tough time expressing what I want to say, ( and get in trouble for it sometimes, I was a trucker, not a politician) I'm just saying it's been over 30 years, they did what they set out to do, weeded[sic] out the druggies, and have it so regulated, druggies probably would never do this job again anyway. It was the simplicity of trucking that got them there in the 1st place. With companies running on the brink of going under, how is this going to help? It's a pile of cash the feds will strip clean, because all other modes have been exhausted to fund their shenanigans. They just don't get the connection between over regulating these companies until they go under and their strawberries at Wallymart. Does the airline industry even have 100%? Be fun to see how this all pans out from my kitchen table. Good luck with the future of trucking, folks.

 

This was on "The Truckers Report, news dealybob, right below GDS going under.
Random Drug Tests Will Be Twice As Common For Truck Drivers Starting Jan 1st - TruckersReport.com

 

I have a friend that dispatches at a Wisconsin freight company, and she said they just "acquired" 2 more companies. She didn't say which ones, but smaller ones that never would have made the news anyway. This is gonna hurt, you'll see. I've always thought, after I retired, how long this foolishness will go on. Wouldn't it be something if 2020 was the year for catastrophic trucking failures?