EOBR debated over driver harassment
The harassment issue may be the key consideration for the FMCSA, which aims to devise a rule that mandates electronic logging devices.02.08.12
| FMCSA ordered U & D Service to immediately shut down after discovering the company was using drivers who did not possess valid ...
02.07.12
| Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks. 02.07.12
| The reopened lane of I-40 West is near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. 02.07.12
| The Peterbilt 587 SmartWay conventional tractor won in the heavy-duty division. body mass index
Everything body mass index
FMCSA group eyes sleep apnea regs
February 6, 2012
One recommendation would require all drivers with a body mass index measurement of 35 or higher to be tested for sleep apnea.
The Apnea Hurdle
February 1, 2012
Coming regulations would force reckoning with a condition common to truckers. And that’s not all that could make passing the medical exam even harder.
LogBook
January 1, 2012
Apnea proposals could disqualify drivers, cell phone ban begins, Senate bill would mandate EOBRs, third Mexican carrier completes audit and more industry news items are featured.
Language of the MCSAC/MRB sleep apnea recommendations
December 8, 2011
You've more than likely seen the news, available via Overdrive here, that firm recommendations for guidance on required evaluation and treatment for sleep apnea among truck drivers with a body ...
Proposal to tie sleep apnea testing with body mass index
December 7, 2011
Medical examiners would refer for evaluation for obstructive sleep apnea any interstate commercial driver with a BMI measurement of 35 or above.
Champion sumo wrestler/Idaho potato hauler
June 21, 2010
If rumored body-mass-index caps ever become a reality for interstate truckers (however doubtful that is), 420-lb. Kelly Gneiting (pictured, as featured in a Feb. 2009 edition of ESPN magazine) may well be there ...
Sleep apnea problems discussed
May 13, 2010
Trucking industry leaders and sleep medicine professionals gathered to find solutions to deal with sleep apnea in trucking.
