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Texas license requirements
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The DOT physical is a joke. A first year medical student could perform it. Most.D.MD’s around here have quit giving them. I had my last one done by a chiropractor. It is a very superficial check up to make sure you are breathing and not totally blind or deaf. A yearly physical by your family MD is a much more complete picture of your health. The DOT/ Government just wants the general public to think they are protecting them.
The quality and skill of the “CDL” qualified drivers has been discussed here before.
There are still lots of good ones, but there are a growing # of drivers with questionable skills that hold CDL’s.
Many of the super professional drivers are retiring from the road. They tell me that it’s no fun anymore. Too much regulation and Revenue Enhancement Officers out there.
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When I moved to FL I took the CDL Medical requirement excepted route, no physical required. I did the same thing in GA. The chances of me doing anything again with a big truck is slim to none, but I want to keep my CDL.
Excepted Interstate – I operate or expect to operate in interstate commerce, but engage exclusively in operations that qualify me for exception from the requirement to maintain federal medical certification.
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An advantage to still having a Full Class A CDL for me was that I received a discount on my coach insurance from National Interstate, but I do not know if whoever I get to replace them after their exit from our area of insurance will also give a discount.
I guess that since I’ve had one for so long, I just don’t want to give it up. Must be an ego thing.
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Same here. I got mine as soon as I was old enough to get it.
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Didn’t think they had CDL’s endorsements that far back ?
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Commercial CDL, if you take medication like for blood pressure, you’re required annual physical
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Annual physicals are required if your blood pressure is over 140/90 unmedicated.
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I got my DOT medical in the summary of 2016 in anticipation of getting a Class B CDL. Had it done at Concentra Medical Services in Brown Deer/Milwaukee; besides urgent care, they appear to do lots and lots drug screens and employment physicals. I had quadruple bypass in 2014 and have sleep apnea. There were questions about both on the pre-exam info form and checklist.
Checking those two boxes triggered a visit to my cardiologist for a stress test (was time anyway) and a visit to my sleep doctor to “read” my CPAP (was time anyway). Both of them gave me a report that triggered a green light for the DOT Physical.
The DOT doctor gave me the DOT regulations for individuals with cardiac and sleep apnea history. Pretty specific and to the point as to what the prospective driver must meet to get the medical.
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