[wepwawet]

Why company's make you take a new DOT physical every time you hire with a new company even if yours is less then a cpl months old? Some company's may not but every company I have talked to do. Seems like a waste of money to me but there has to be a reason that I am unaware of.


Thanks

[Larry Heyns]

An employer needs a copy of the DOT Physical for the Driver's Qualification File. Doctors or previous employers will not provide duplicate copies, so the physical exam must be given again.

[duck]

Simply - it is easier for them to track who and when their driver had one.

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Start monts/date and physical coincide so they know to make sure you have your DOT physical when and as you become eligible for other things based on your tenure dates.

[Uturn2001]

Seems like a waste of money to me but there has to be a reason that I am unaware of.

Liability issues. Companies are afraid of people who are not medically fit to drive a CMV providing forged certificates or ones that are filled out by less than honest doctors or by doctors who really do not understand what a DOT physical entails.

[thebaldeagle655]

Originally Posted by Uturn2001

Liability issues. Companies are afraid of people who are not medically fit to drive a CMV providing forged certificates or ones that are filled out by less than honest doctors or by doctors who really do not understand what a DOT physical entails.

Be real now, I've taken two DOT Physicals in the past 3 months, both were boilerplate yep you are breathing you can drive a truck, both by different DOT approved facilities. Looks to me like too many people with their hands out for money at our expense. I would not mind the hassle of the physical if they really gave you one. The last, I went in a cup, looked at an eye chart and he pushed on my stomach. That was the extent of it.

[mikey4069]

Originally Posted by thebaldeagle655

Be real now, I've taken two DOT Physicals in the past 3 months, both were boilerplate yep you are breathing you can drive a truck, both by different DOT approved facilities. Looks to me like too many people with their hands out for money at our expense. I would not mind the hassle of the physical if they really gave you one. The last, I went in a cup, looked at an eye chart and he pushed on my stomach. That was the extent of it.

Sounds like my last one . 40 bucks please !!