Non DOT Drivers Put On The Road
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Including myself, my company has 2 actual drivers who are DOT certified and have to take random drug tests. I have been called every month for 4 months. Meanwhile my company is putting other employees on the road that are not DOT, what can I do?
I may be wrong and if I am please correct me but it sounds to me that by DOT certified you're talking about the med card. If that's what you mean and you're a non-CDL driver then the fact you take DOT physicals has very little to do with your employers drug testing policy.
If I were you I'd stop worrying about everyone else and just focus on your job.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
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Judson I don’t really understand the situation exactly either.
What do you mean you registered with DOT? Is this something you did or your company did?
Either way, if you see another driver at your company and they reek of weed I’d report it to the company. If the company did nothing about it I’d quit. Why? Because I don’t work for shady people who look for ways to shirk the rules and be cheap. It almost never works out for the guy who’s doing everything by the book
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.