Drivers Failing Drug Tests

Posted on September 21, 2007
Filed Under ALCOHOL & DRUG

There is nothing DOT takes more seriously than drug and alcohol testing. This is largely because it’s easy for them to enforce, and there’s nothing a government official loves more than easy. Nevertheless, the most serious violation you can commit is using a driver who has failed a drug test. If a driver fails a random drug test, you must stop using him. NOW! Not a week from now, or at the end of the day. NOW! That means calling him on the cellphone, getting him to park the truck, and getting another driver out there to take the vehicle. Do not let the failed driver ride in the truck. Have him ride in a non-CMV back to the yard. This driver cannot drive for you again, until he goes through the SAP process. It is important that you take this information seriously, as 1) DOT levies several thousands of dollars in fines if they catch you using a positive driver, and 2) I don’t want a driver who in the recent past has been smoking wacky weed, or snorting blow riding next to me in an 80,000 pound truck. No thank you.