The Department of Transportation has a number of rules and regulations that are designed to help keep the road safe. The commercial transport and delivery industry puts thousands of vehicles and drivers on the road all year long, and it is up to the DOT to create a system that is going to help keep those roads safe for them, and for other drivers. The health laws that they have in place affect everyone from the largest trucking company to the smallest Charlotte courier service.
The primary aim is to make sure that anyone that is operating a commercial vehicle is in good enough physical condition to do so. Many feel that driving is not a physically taxing job and that anyone could do it, but this is not true. So much safety depends on drivers maintaining control of their vehicles at all times. The regulations are in place to make sure that anyone with a condition which could cause them to lose control of a vehicle is also not allowed to operate commercial vehicles.
There are also regulations in place about those who are missing any limbs. Although it is possible for people that are missing extremities or limbs to become commercial drivers, there are regulations in place governing their working in this field. They must pass a test that shows that they have achieved a reasonable level of competence with their prosthetics in order to maintain safe control of a vehicle at all times before they will be allowed to driver.
The health screening is designed to keep people that could potentially be a hazard on the road from driving for long days in a professional capacity. One of the things that the DOT screens for is people that are at an exceptionally high risk of heart attack or stroke. Heart attacks are actually the cause for a number of traffic accidents every year.
Epilepsy is another condition that they DOT has to screen for. The potential damage that could be caused by someone, if they had a seizure while driving a courier vehicle, is too great of a risk for a company to take. There are other ailments, such as some respiratory conditions that come on suddenly. Anything which can cause acute pain or disablement is likely to be regulated to some extent by the DOT. There may be provisions made for people who have conditions like these but are on proper medication or receiving treatment to eliminate sudden onset events.
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