EPISODE · Aug 30, 2022 · 3 MIN
Transport Topics (Aug. 30, 2022)
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comment on a request by an alliance of large motor carriers for an exemption that would permit the carriers to report “actual knowledge” of a truck driver’s positive hair drug test to the agency’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The carriers, who belong to a group called The Trucking Alliance, have drug tested tens of thousands of drivers using hair and urine samples, but claim the hair testing method is far more successful in detecting lifestyle drug users who don’t belong behind the wheel of a truck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comment on a request by an alliance of large motor carriers for an exemption that would permit the carriers to report “actual knowledge” of a truck driver’s positive hair drug test to the agency’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The carriers, who belong to a group called The Trucking Alliance, have drug tested tens of thousands of drivers using hair and urine samples, but claim the hair testing method is far more successful in detecting lifestyle drug users who don’t belong behind the wheel of a truck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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