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ToxicWaste
Joined: 04 Feb 2007
Posts: 116
Location: IL, MO, OK, TX, NM, or AZ
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| If you want to use dope, then go drive a dump truck 8) |
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Dispatch_This
Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Posts: 141
Location: Barstow, CA.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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I worked for a similiar company a number of years ago. They were a testing company under contract to International Navistar. My ten hour shifted consisted of driving from Primm, Nv. to Mesquite, back and forth, until my shift was up. We were testing a new exhaust brake design, there was a black box mounted on the passenger seat that recorded road speed and brake cycles. Anyway, One of the trucks was pulled over for a roadside inspection because it didn't have any identification ( company name, DOT#, etc.) I never got the full story, but the trooper apparently smelled pot in the cab. The driver was arrested and the truck was impounded. Turns out this company had no drug testing program, improper driver qualification files, and did'nt even HAVE a DOT#!.
Aztrucker, I would say that you are living on borrowed time. |
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BanditsCousin
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
Posts: 3301
Location: Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Sounds a bit odd that a smell could lead to an arrest. Now, a smell can lead to probable cause, which then turns into a search, which turns up the Jamaican cigarrettes the driver may have had. |
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marylandkw
Joined: 06 Sep 2005
Posts: 503
Location: Maryland
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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ToxicWaste wrote: If you want to use dope, then go drive a dump truck 8) Not one of mine! Maybe an outlaw piece of junk.
Once you are a professional driver and your fail a test you know could come at anytime. Forget about it. What other rules are you going to bend ,break or ignore.
I can't afford the risk of my insurance going up just because I gave someone a second chance. |
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Fredog
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Posts: 2271
Location: North Georgia
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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ToxicWaste wrote: If you want to use dope, then go drive a dump truck 8)
you cant use dope and drive a dump truck if you work for a reputable company. |
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AbenInNashville
Joined: 24 Feb 2007
Posts: 34
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| That is crazy. What they do on their own time as long as they don't come to work high? Sounds like a warehouse job. Look I'm no saint, but I decided 2 months before I started this job that I wasn't smoking anymore dope because I knew of the random testing. Not only that I used to drink all the time, at least a 6 pack a day. Taking this job has made me a more responsible father and husband, saved us a whole lot of money, and I enjoy my life more without the stuff. If you know that you are subject to testing answer me this, why fill out the app? It's not a slip. You didn't fall into the bowl. My friends still smoke dope, but I know what's at risk if I were to do it? My family means too much to me to take that gamble.[/quote] |
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Useless
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
Posts: 3176
Location: Canyon Lake, Tx.
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just looking at page 1 of the Rules/Regs/DAC forum & I see FOUR THREADS on the topic of "Failed Drug Test"
Some people just don't seem to get it!!
You Use?? You Lose!!
Hopefully, it will be before someone gets hurt!! |
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coastie
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
Posts: 418
Location: Elberton, Ga
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| It is getting harder and harder to get a job if you smoke. Back in 82 when I was signing up for the Service, there was another guy there also signing up. The recruiter asked him did he ever smoked a joint? He said Yes, 3 years ago. Just for answering yes 3 years ago, he was denied entry to the service. No test just from word of mouth. 95% of the jobs now randomly test. So it hard to work and do drugs, but people still do. |
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BanditsCousin
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
Posts: 3301
Location: Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| 95% of jobs randomly test? Ummm, interesteing statistic (unless you are speaking of trucking companies. |
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