Tag: sleep apnea: Page 5

Business

Driver training rule expected this month, speed limiter rule delayed again

The latest on rules to mandate speed limiters, institute minimum driver training requirements, survey the industry on sleep apnea and set up a database of drivers who have refused or failed a drug test.

February 16, 2016

Business

Sleep apnea data collection ‘pre-rule’ moves forward, set for publication

The data request is intended to not only gauge the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea among truck operators, but also to get feedback from the industry about how a sleep apnea rule could affect truckers and the industry at large.

February 4, 2016

Business

Bevy of rulemaking activity expected soon, including speed limiter mandate, apnea pre-rule and CDL clearinghouse

February could be another busy month on the trucking regulatory front. See what rules are projected to see action soon.

January 19, 2016

Business

Potential trucker sleep apnea rulemaking takes step forward

A data collection effort by the U.S. DOT intended to gauge how many truck operators have obstructive sleep apnea and what impact a sleep apnea rule could have on the industry has taken a step forward in the federal rulemaking process and could be published by year’s end.

December 16, 2015

Business

Medical certification: A cautionary tale

The screws are tightening on truckers’ medical certification. Prepare for re-certs: “Have documentation from attending physicians on any diagnosis that may raise a red flag during a DOT physical.”

December 6, 2015

Business

Ode to the highway bill

Rhyming couplets for the road: “Here I sit, all pieced and sideways / Came to fix the broken highways / Ended up a pork-filled deed / To satisfy the gubmint greed …”

November 13, 2015

Business

FMCSA initiates potential sleep apnea rulemaking, report shows; e-log, speed limiters still in queue

FMCSa has started work on a potential rule that would set up screening and treatment requirements for drivers who by definition are at risk for obstructive sleep apnea.

October 16, 2015

Channel 19

Friday round-up: Small-fleet struggles hit the mainstream, apnea ‘twilight zone’ the local paper

A local paper in Minnesota gets the apnea issue more or less right. And: To adapt or not to adapt — the Wall Street Journal paints small-carrier woes with broad brush, with mixed results.

September 25, 2015

Voices

Sleep apnea: Leadership needed on the issue

“Until a formal regulation is established with clear guidelines and borders are created, we will continue to suffer with this. ” –reader Eddie Crooks on confusion at examiner, state and federal levels over sleep apnea

July 24, 2015

Channel 19

Sleep apnea twilight zone in California: The strange trials of Greg Price

Price’s story illustrates that when faced with a bureaucratic mistake, followed quite clearly by bureaucratic insolence, persistence for what is right and correct and true can ultimately win the day.

July 23, 2015

Business

Responding to apnea/med cert situation, OOIDA crowd-sources doc reviews

The D.O.T. Doc review and search site is live — it’s intended to grow into a resource drivers can use to share their experiences with each other relative to medical examiners around the nation.

January 30, 2015

Voices

If the ‘sky is falling’ with sleep apnea: What about when ‘it lands and nothing really happens?’

“Nothing seems to address the situation where it has been a symptom, has been tested, and is being treated successfully.” –Dan Tucker on needed apnea coverage; FMCSA says two-year certification up to the examiner

January 22, 2015