No Hair Follicle Test

But if your a drunk your good

What?? That's not true. Where did you get that stupid idea?

So many times I see this. The point is not doing whatever you can to pass the test, rather the point is to live a lifestyle that makes any drug test irrelevant. If you live a clean lifestyle, you'll never have to worry about a test again.

How is that NOT true? You can sit at a truck stop at the end of each day and drink and your good. Smoke a joint on your time off your fired.

But if your a drunk your good

What?? That's not true. Where did you get that stupid idea?

But if your a drunk your good

What?? That's not true. Where did you get that stupid idea?

How is that NOT true? You can sit at a truck stop at the end of each day and drink and your good. Smoke a joint on your time off your fired.

But if your a drunk your good

What?? That's not true. Where did you get that stupid idea?

But if your a drunk your good

What?? That's not true. Where did you get that stupid idea?

No you cannot. ANY alcohol on a CMV , other than being transported in the trailer and listed on a BOL, is illegal.

You should stick to reading and asking questions concerning trucking instead of incorrectly spewing negative false information, Tammy.

Since when? Truckers dont have tailgate parties any more when laid over? You cant go out to a bar on your time off? I'm not spewing anything. This is what was normal 38 years ago. If things changed, well then I guess they changed. I spent 3 years on the road in the early 80's and had a blast! Almost every truck stop had a strip bar within walking distance for the "commercial beavers" . They were everywhere and all the truckers got smashed. At least thats the way it used to be.

How is that NOT true? You can sit at a truck stop at the end of each day and drink and your good. Smoke a joint on your time off your fired.

But if your a drunk your good

What?? That's not true. Where did you get that stupid idea?

But if your a drunk your good

What?? That's not true. Where did you get that stupid idea?

No you cannot. ANY alcohol on a CMV , other than being transported in the trailer and listed on a BOL, is illegal.

You should stick to reading and asking questions concerning trucking instead of incorrectly spewing negative false information, Tammy.

Even if the alcohol is consumed outside of the truck entirely, entering a commercial vehicle with a license of a class sufficient to drive the vehicle while drunk is risking a huge legal issue. Suppose a driver goes to a restaurant that serves alcohol after parking and gets drunk. This driver returns to his or her truck to sleep. Less than 3 hours later a safety issue of some sort has police knocking on truck doors for trucks to be moved. 5 drinks is not going to equate to a sober driver less than 3 hours later. Police smell alcohol and the driver is placed under arrest. DUI in a commercial vehicle. That driver is most likely never driving a commercial vehicle again. It's a highly unlikely scenario, but any driver who drinks and then gets in his or her truck is taking a monumental risk. It makes it really exactly the same as the driver who uses drugs and tries to time it with random drug tests.

Tammy, what PackRat told you is 100% true. You cannot have alcohol in your truck, period. Grounds for automatic termination with most companies, if not all companies.

Tailgate parties? Totally different because it is OUTSIDE the truck. But the driver has to be “off duty”, not sleeper berth because sleeper berth would have the driver inside the truck. Also, alcohol consumption is prohibited less than 4 hours of driving and of course blood alcohol level is severely limited. This is all in the FMCSA handbook. I’m giving this info from memory, somebody correct me if I’m wrong.

Really? I don't drink any more but I guess things have changed. Not that I believe truckers dont drink in their rigs but I'm surprised they don't allow tail gate parties any more?

Even if the alcohol is consumed outside of the truck entirely, entering a commercial vehicle with a license of a class sufficient to drive the vehicle while drunk is risking a huge legal issue. Suppose a driver goes to a restaurant that serves alcohol after parking and gets drunk. This driver returns to his or her truck to sleep. Less than 3 hours later a safety issue of some sort has police knocking on truck doors for trucks to be moved. 5 drinks is not going to equate to a sober driver less than 3 hours later. Police smell alcohol and the driver is placed under arrest. DUI in a commercial vehicle. That driver is most likely never driving a commercial vehicle again. It's a highly unlikely scenario, but any driver who drinks and then gets in his or her truck is taking a monumental risk. It makes it really exactly the same as the driver who uses drugs and tries to time it with random drug tests.

Yeah, much has changed since 1985. Trucking, TVs, cellular phones, phone computers, something called the Internet, Soviet Union dissolved. Lots of changes. Drinking and drugs not fitting with trucking has not changed.

I've never seen a tailgate party. People stop for their break and that break is long enough to eat, clean up and sleep. Not a lot of room for socializing. This makes me think of when Billy Madison went back to highschool.