Disabled Truckers * USA - Lying To Keep Licenses

Medically unfit truck drivers are lying to keep their trucks on the road, which can put all drivers safety at risk on the road

Amarillo,TX,USA -KFDA -Jul 25, 2008: -- ... According to the Governmental Accountability Office, Texas has 819,000 drivers with active commercial drivers licenses, with 22,600 receiving full federal disability benefits... Those are drivers that are getting behind the wheel with medical disabilities such as diabetes, loss of limb or sleep apnea... The study concludes, that it's easy for truckers to fake a medical certificate and that there's almost no incentive to get a real one. Making it easy for those who have an unnoticeable disability to obtain a Commercial Drivers License... There is no database or central repository allowing state inspectors to verify the legitimacy of a medical certificate... Trooper Wayne Williams says there is no way to prevent people from lying to get a CDL...