TMC And Drug Testing

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Davy A.'s Comment
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Ya know, after 13 years clean and sober, I've seen it too many times. The failure rate for ceasing addiction is higher than first year drivers failure rate. Usually the primary consequence of addiction is death, perhaps not so much with the devil's lettuce but certainly with many drugs n alcohol.

Perhaps it's good that he gets in the industry and fails permanently in short order. We are still grossly over capacity and the last thing the industry needs is one more body in the seat. I too am a big fan of Darwin.

PackRat's Comment
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Perhaps it's good that he gets in the industry and fails permanently in short order. We are still grossly over capacity and the last thing the industry needs is one more body in the seat. I too am a big fan of Darwin.

That's the direction I'm leaning towards, too.

Zen Joker 's Comment
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Perhaps it's good that he gets in the industry and fails permanently in short order. We are still grossly over capacity and the last thing the industry needs is one more body in the seat. I too am a big fan of Darwin.

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That's the direction I'm leaning towards, too.

Navypoppop's Comment
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I too agree with the mods on this one 100%. He has too many posts about cheating the system and if he does succeed in beating the odds he will be a ticking time bomb waiting for destruction. He seems to not want to get clean but just defeat the law and do it his way right or wrong.

Davy A.'s Comment
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Perhaps it's good that he gets in the industry and fails permanently in short order. We are still grossly over capacity and the last thing the industry needs is one more body in the seat. I too am a big fan of Darwin.

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That's the direction I'm leaning towards, too.

He got ****ed off at it and sent me a bunch of emails cussing me out. Banned him.

Zen Joker 's Comment
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Another snowflake **hole that blames the world for his bad decisions. The forum just made the roads safer.

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Perhaps it's good that he gets in the industry and fails permanently in short order. We are still grossly over capacity and the last thing the industry needs is one more body in the seat. I too am a big fan of Darwin.

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That's the direction I'm leaning towards, too.

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He got ****ed off at it and sent me a bunch of emails cussing me out. Banned him.

Bigtime's Comment
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Oh yeah. One more thing I forgot. TMC, at least the TMC I'm thinking about, is a flatbed company and they LOVE to tarp their loads. Those tarps weigh like 80lbs. One of the things you have to do before you do anything else is pick that sucker up and walk the length of the trailer with it. If you aren't used to throwing that kind of weight around, muscles you didn't know you had will hurt the next day.

I'm going to repeat and emphasize some things because I didn't read everything you said before. When you said you want to change your life and threw your bongs away, I thought that was great! You do need to give it more time. Reading more of your posts is pretty concerning. If you do succeed at cheating the system once or twice, you will eventually run into trouble. In a best-case scenario, you will lose your job and career. If you end up killing people on the road, you're going to have to live with that. You'll probably be living with it in prison. I can't imagine sleeping with that on my conscience, even if it's an accident, even if it isn't my fault.

I think another forum user suggested this, and I'm going to repeat it. Get clean and don't use for at least a year. If you have the strength of will to do that, a lot of people will respect you. If you can't do that, this kind of work might not be a good fit for you. I know it's not going to be easy, but there are people who have done it.

Yes, there are companies that want to screw you over, but that's not my biggest concern right now.

TWIC:

Transportation Worker Identification Credential

Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.

Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.

OWI:

Operating While Intoxicated

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