falcon back
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Wrong but believe what you want.
You can't drive a Reach 7 days in a row if you have a DOT medical card. Even if you are classified an Non Dot by FDX
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You can't drive a Reach 7 days in a row if you have a DOT medical card. Even if you are classified an Non Dot by FDX
Is the Reach over 10,000 lbs? If so that would be violating DOT rules whether you have a card or not.
falcon back
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A reach is a Dot van. I meant Sprinter. My mistake.. If the driver has a DOT card he is prohibited from breaking DOT rules. He is DOT 24/7. Just like a CDL driver is required to follow CDL rules even if he is driving a Sprinter.
A DOT courier is subject to random drug test. Do you believe a DOT courier in a Sprinter is NOT subject to random as well
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It will be fine
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This is incorrect. Having a med card makes no difference when the equipment isn’t subject to DOT regulations.
falcon back
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So you say a DOT courier driving a non DOT van is NOT subject to random drug test. Not hardly
Fred's Myth
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GVW capacity of an Isuzu Reach Van is 12,000 lbs. which makes it a DOT vehicle.
MAKAVELI
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It does when it comes to FedEx policy. We will get notification of the 14 hour Rule on our LEO, regardless of what vehicle we are driving.
It will be fine
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Perhaps your classification within the company does. There’s no way you having a valid med card changes anything. Is there a policy that you have to notify HR if you go get a med card? If someone has a valid med card and applies off the street for a non-dot position will they be denied? I doubt either answer is yes. Having a med card means you are physically qualified to drive a vehicle over 10k not that you have to be regulated at all times as though you are.
A courier with a CDL is subject to random tests and must have a current medical card. Before FedEx got the government to allow non-DOT status to drivers of vehicles under 10,000 lbs couriers were required to have a medical card whether they had a CDL or not. But if you are under 10,000 you aren't required to have a card but from what I was told were required to abide by hours of service requirements. The medical card/physical was paid for by the company. Do you see non-CDL couriers with a current medical card being random tested? If they aren't being random tested then they aren't subject to the same DOT rules as a CDL driver is.
That applies to all couriers. FedEx got an exemption so that they no longer had to pay for physicals of non-DOT couriers but were still expected to abide by hours of service for both the courier's and the public's safety.
Fred's Myth
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Don't forget the 100 air-miles exception.
falcon back
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DOT couriers are subject to randoms, not just CDL couriers. If a courier has a DOT and is in a Sprinter, he must abide by DOT rules. Swing drivers carry a card and might drive a Sprinter one day and a 900 the next. He is covered by DOT rules each and every day. People can think what they want and I really don't care. The chances of getting caught are extremely slim. I know I won't get caught. DOT doesn't audit lakes or golf courses.
I've never seen anyone but swings get random tested in my last 5 or 6 years.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
No randoms unless you hold a cdl
falcon back
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So they notified you each and every time they gave someone a random?
falcon back
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Wrong again. Couriers with a medical card are subject to random. Not just CDL's
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It will be fine
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Couriers classified as DOT are subject to random. The company has no way of knowing who has a medical card.
