New medical card rules coming...

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  1. Aug 1, 2011 #1
    CadetTrucker

    CadetTrucker Light Load Member

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    Greetings...

    I was reading an old copy of a Flying J magazine last night and came across an article about the new CDL / Medical card regulations that are going into effect in 2012 - 2014 and thought I would post something here about it, in case you don't know about it or hadn't seen it lately.

    Here is a link to an article about the new rules (on the Layover site):
    http://www.layover.com/owneroperator/grapevine/new-rules-driver-medical-card-0509.html/

    A link to the FMCSA regulation page (see section h near the bottom):
    http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu...mcsrruletext.aspx?reg=383.71&keyword=CDL 2012

    Here is a link to an article on News 21 about getting a medical card:
    http://national.news21.com/2010/medical-certificates-for-drivers-abused-ntsb
    Interesting article...

    Anyway, just thought I'd post this as we're getting close to 2012 :)

    Have a great week all :)
     
    CadetTrucker, Aug 1, 2011
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  3. Aug 1, 2011 #2
    TruckerGsch

    TruckerGsch Medium Load Member

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    At an average price of $6 per MVD, the FMCSA estimates that the new rule will cost employers $3 million annually, but will prevent 288 crashes and save the country $43 million each year.

    They still have bad drivers.
     
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