Profile For Blake H.

It all comes back to respect and courtesy. Personally i wont BT in a full spot, because i can fit many places a guy with a trailer cant. I never drop my trailer at the local Loves when im home. I took time to find a place on my off time as should everyone else. He11 i even talked to a storage place and they let me pay $10 every time i come home and need a secure location. People just dont care about others anymore.

Exactly... people wanna run around the rules until they get hemmed up. If you have to keep logs, you cant play dumb, or be dumb.

There's only one documented exception for alcohol in the cab.

Runnin on LINE 5 (POV), between a place of purchase and the motel/hotel you are staying at in order to consume said alcohol.

What I don't understand in the original post - if a driver is operating a commercial vehicle (that is - a vehicle used in interstate commerce), that is required to log and go through weight stations - then the driver should have a CDL (commensurate with the class of vehicle they're operating).

Better the ticket for alcohol and the OOS - than the citation for operating a commercial vehicle without a CDL.

If he knows enough about the rules to log, and pull into weigh stations - then ignorance of alcohol regs is really not an excuse...

Rick

Many of the medical reasons that a service dog would be used for would disqualify someone from obtaining their CDL anyways. Seizure disorders, sight, hearing, extreme blood sugar shifts, psychotic episode disorders, mental diseases. If someone needs a true service dog, it's not for something benign.

So someone with depression shouldn't be allowed to drive? Or PTSD? Well there goes 80% of your workforce and most veterans.

The biggest problem with this entire subject is people trying to dictate or influence when they have absolutely no first hand knowledge on it.

As an Iraq Marine vet, my service dog, makes life almost normal. She provides stability and mobility assurance due to an equilibrium issue. She also provides an assortment of other functions. Reminders to take medication, PTSD mitigation, and behavioral assistance. Just because you need help, doesn't mean you have to be a lost cause.

The main issue I face on a day to day basis is the ignorance of people. Between shippers not taking the extra 2 seconds to look at her vest, and the fact she is supposed to be a so called "vicious breed" lol. The only true issue I have is at food warehouses. As these are usually GMP facilities ( FDA guidelines on food sanitation), however since I do "no touch" freight, i am usually only in the shippers office ( where there are no risks of contamination.

Still, at least once a week, someone will yell at me to get my dog out of their building. I politely inform them that she is a protected requirement and sometimes they just have me stay in the truck and bring my bills to me. All in all, I gladly stand up for my baby. She makes my life complete, and allows me a little piece of normal life.

If you have a Service Dog ( by the way there is no such thing as a "certified" service animal) then a company can't discriminate because of it. Regardless of whether or not they allow pets in their company policy. Also they can not charge a deposit, same as hotels. However you are still responsible for any damages or excessive wear.

As for the emotional support dog topic. Yes the ADA has stated that a service dog must perform a function, actively. ESAs and therapy dogs are no longer covered the same.