Commercial truck drivers have many things working against them. For years there has been many changes to the law and what the driver can and can’t do all the way down to their health cards. The new CSA 2010 law is here and here to stay. It is complex and the commercial driver should educate [...]
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Compliance Saftey Accountability CSA – for cdl drivers Q & A
July 18th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: CDL · commercial drivers · CSA 2010 · dac report · truck drivers
Commercial drivers and employment with negatives about cdl driver
April 9th, 2011 1 Comment
How Long Do Various Employment Negatives Remain on Your Record? My Mom (a good ole Old Testament Mom) was fond of quoting Numbers 32:23 to me as a kid; “your sin will find you out.” Fair enough I guess, but I always scratched my head and wondered how long the dadgum sin would follow me [...]
Tags: CDL · commercial drivers · CSA 2010 · dac report
MVR, Dac reports, PSP Reports Incidents/Accidents/Crashes – cdl drivers
October 27th, 2010 No Comments
DAC Reports, MVRs, PSP Reports and Crashes/Accidents/Incidents A DEA officer stops at a ranch in Texas and talks with an old truck driver home from the road. He tells the driver, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.” The driver says, “Okay, but do not go in that field over there,” as [...]
Tags: CDL · commercial drivers · dac report · truck drivers
walgreens cfo Wade Miquelon arrested for dui last month
October 20th, 2010 No Comments
Walgreens cfo Wade Miquelon of Winnetka was arrested last month on a dui as well as driving on a suspended license . Walgreens has a new CEO who apparently has changed the culture and workplace. I was wondering if Corkey Walgreens would have tolerated this type of behavior while he was in charge? I guess [...]
Tags: Chicago Ticket · commercial drivers · drinking and driving · DUI
cdl employment
September 15th, 2010 No Comments
Looking for a new job? Don’t Piecemeal Your Preparation “I went to the bookstore and asked the saleswoman “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. “ Don’t you hate smart alecks? Well I have helped several drivers recently and the similar situation they were in has prompted [...]
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Pre-employment screening for CDL drivers
July 16th, 2010 No Comments
Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) Reports on Drivers Now Available In May, PSP information became available to drivers and motor carriers. PSP information consists of records from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) Motor Carrier Information System (MCMIS) and contains the most recent 5 years of crash data and 3 years of roadside inspection data [...]
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CDL Employment history
April 19th, 2010 No Comments
The Art to Rebutting Unfavorable Employment History A Truck driver husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart. The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart. [They’re in their personal car and off duty of course.] “What do you think you’re doing?” asks the wife. “They’re on sale, [...]
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