![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
TRUCKERS' HEALTH * USA - House committee probes medically unfit truckers
It's so easy to fabricate the medical certificates required to operate commercial trucks on the nation's highways that there's almost no incentive for truckers to obtain a legitimate document
Washington,DC,USA -AP, by JOAN LOWY -24 July 2008: -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's study, found that there are so few controls over how drivers obtain medical certificates that it's "relatively easy for a motivated commercial driver to circumvent the physical examination requirement."... Nor is there any database or central repository which would allow state inspectors to verify the legitimacy of a medical certificate... Hundreds of thousands of drivers carry commercial licenses even though they also qualify for full federal disability payments, according to a new U.S. safety study disclosed by The Associated Press earlier this week... Truckers violating federal medical rules have been caught in every state, according to an AP review of 7.3 million commercial driver violations compiled by the Transportation Department in 2006, the latest data available. Texas, Maryland, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Alabama, New Jersey, Minnesota and Ohio were states where drivers were sanctioned most frequently for breaking medical rules, such as failing to carry a valid medical certificate. Those 12 states accounted for half of all such violations in the United States...
Labels: Truckers' Health
posted by Unknown @ 5:02 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home