Profile For K.O. & Jack-Attack

I want to point something out to K.O. and any others that are curious about it. A couple days ago he said this in regards to his mental health history :

I'm also protected under both HIPPA and ADA from disclosing my past, and protected from being rejected due to that past if I did voluntarily release those documents to an employer.

This is a direct quote from the FMCSA FAQ

Regulatory requirements take precedence over the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.

Exactly what Kearsey was saying. When I take my DOT physical I'm not required to supply them my health history and documentation showing I'm compliant with my CPAP for sleep apnea. However I will not be given a medical card and allowed to operate a CMV if I don't provide the documentation required.

I was referring to Kearsy's comment on her saying supplying them to a company vie "their doctor's". I was truthful on my DoT, and I have no restrictions. Yes I'd have to supply documents to DoT if requested, but not to a company or a training facility.

You also have to smell farts, and share public bathrooms, and go though a bunch of requirements and rules.

Lol-sounds a lot like life over the road as a truck driver. Sure you want to try it?

I follow the law, and I have no problem with good communication or chitchatting with dispatch as needed. But I am looking forward to making my own scheduled drive times. If I want to make my run in the middle of the night instead of during the day. I don't have to put up with working as a team or being bossed around. And I'll make sure Pam Transport knows that all they have to do is tell me what to do, where to go, and what time to be there. The rest is on my own schedule and my own terms. There's a lot more freedom in trucking than factory, warehouse, and farm work. It's a great fit for me, and I love driving, love working alone. So yes I'm positive.

Does my current address have to be on my license to take dot physical or just registered with the state (NY)? I have to wait 2 weeks for an updated license.

As per your DoT you are good to go on that, but you will need to supply the DMV proper proof of a mailing address upon going to get your CLP if your address on your license is not accurate. They are required by law to ask you "is this your current address"; it is a federal crime to lie and say "yes", if it really isn't. So you just say "no", but I have a mailing address", and they will give you a print out of what forms you will need to come back with verifying that mailing address in order for them to allow you to take the test and obtain a clp. This is a process you will have to go through even if they are not mailing anything to you.

I want to apologize. It is obvious by your latest rants that you truly are mentally disabled and have some severe issues. Perhaps some learning disabilities as well since you refuse to believe what those in the industry have to tell you.

And you are correct.... A trucking company should indeed be forced to take every single suicidal, depressed person to ensure civil liberties rather than Protect public safety. As you stated suicidal people only kill themselves.... So the company is risking only a $150k truck. $50k trailer. And possibly millions of dollars in cargo is totally acceptable when the driver wants to end his life by driving off a cliff. Because after all.... He has rights.. I mean the privilege to a CDL.

Despite one vehicle causing a 70 vehicle pile up that could kill a dozen and injure many more, resulting in tens of million dollars in lawsuits.. it is totally acceptable and within the law for companies to hire anyone and everyone. Even those who hide their disorders and conditions. It is required by law for the company to risk its equity and reputation as well its contracts with customers so that a driver can feel entitled to all he can. It doesnt matter if the driver can perform the job or not.

Just give CDLs to everyone and the world will be a better place. Drug addicts and alcoholics whether in treatment or not should be allowed as well. After all.... Those are medical conditions so we might as well throw away the drug tests. Also, the DOT physical discriminates against any and all person suffering from physical ailments or conditions.... A guy with a history of seizures and heart attacks... No problem. It doesnt matter if his episode causes catastrophe. As long as his rights werent violated. So it is unconstitutional. They must be thrown away.

I agree. Totally.

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That's from when I ran for Congressman. You can find other sources online too, I don't have a degree in Political Science you claim to have Kearsy. If I can run for Congressman and almost win the election with a degree in politics, then why are you trucking if you have a degree in politics? You stand a much better chance at an electoral office than I do (if your claims on your education are truthful).

K.O., you are quite the hypocrite whining about how others "should be more respectful", when you have cast insults about truck drivers in three of your posts. Yet, you want to be a truck driver. GMAFB. So spare me the "I'm only trying to help others, but these rude, nasty drivers are making accusations towards me" BS. We "uneducated, rude people who do not know what we are talking about" are being productive and working. What are you doing? Rainy is correct when she stated you are "emotionally disturbed." Frankly, I feel sorry for your dog.

You are very confused, I'll leave it at that.

Does my current address have to be on my license to take dot physical or just registered with the state (NY)? I have to wait 2 weeks for an updated license.

The short answer is no. Almost every state is part of a Nation-Wide contract (I forgot the name of it), and each State's DMV is required to abide by federal laws and guidelines. Ultimately every DMV may be a State facility, but all their policies, procedures, and most of their laws are a really federally mandated and govered.

Every DMV in the United States allows an individual to use a PO box to receive documents such as a replacement license for example. They will give you a print out form of what documents you must bring in to get mail to a PO box. Most States do not allow the PO box on the driver's license however, but some do. So having a physical address is not required at all for any U.S. DMV at all, nor is the accuracy of what physical address is stated on your ID or License PROVIDED you supply proper forms of proof for your MAILING address that is different from what is shown on your ID or License.

Ask at the desk for the print out of required documents needed for the mailing address to be accepted in place of what's shown on your license.

I want to apologize. It is obvious by your latest rants that you truly are mentally disabled and have some severe issues. Perhaps some learning disabilities as well since you refuse to believe what those in the industry have to tell you.

And you are correct.... A trucking company should indeed be forced to take every single suicidal, depressed person to ensure civil liberties rather than Protect public safety. As you stated suicidal people only kill themselves.... So the company is risking only a $150k truck. $50k trailer. And possibly millions of dollars in cargo is totally acceptable when the driver wants to end his life by driving off a cliff. Because after all.... He has rights.. I mean the privilege to a CDL.

Despite one vehicle causing a 70 vehicle pile up that could kill a dozen and injure many more, resulting in tens of million dollars in lawsuits.. it is totally acceptable and within the law for companies to hire anyone and everyone. Even those who hide their disorders and conditions. It is required by law for the company to risk its equity and reputation as well its contracts with customers so that a driver can feel entitled to all he can. It doesnt matter if the driver can perform the job or not.

Just give CDLs to everyone and the world will be a better place. Drug addicts and alcoholics whether in treatment or not should be allowed as well. After all.... Those are medical conditions so we might as well throw away the drug tests. Also, the DOT physical discriminates against any and all person suffering from physical ailments or conditions.... A guy with a history of seizures and heart attacks... No problem. It doesnt matter if his episode causes catastrophe. As long as his rights werent violated. So it is unconstitutional. They must be thrown away.

I agree. Totally.

Here you go again raving and ranting, posting off-topic spam, making false implications and assumptions. How would you like to be sued for slander and defamation Kearsey? I will not tolerate slander and defamation to my character based on fabricated insinuations. If your going to be a moderator here, then you need to start acting like it, and stop making absurd claims and false implications. Perhaps you need you need to pay closer attention on what is bring stated, as I've noticed you have a problem consciously acknowledging the contents of a post. You are also spamming up this thread with comments and assumptions that have nothing to do with the topic.

You are a trucker, not any kind of specialist. You are not a doctor, or my recruiter and your claims contradict what they have told me. And for the record regarding your education you mentioned earlier, if you did have political science degree, you wouldn't be trucking. I ran for US Congress Illinois District 16 in 2018, and have been an active public politician touching down on sociological concerns. I know a lot more than you think I do. Go ahead and look me up online, I would have won the election race too if it wasn't for FB. If you truly have a political science degree then why are you trucking and not running for office? Do something good and humane with that degree to better the community.

How about you actually pass your school's program, pass your State's driving test and get your CDL, not to mention get some actual work experience driving before you post any "helpful advice" to prospective drivers?

Your posts are entertaining, I'll give you that.

Exactly. Quite a few contradictions in his posts.

So, how do you survive for at least two weeks without your ESA?

I have not contradicted myself anywhere. Perhaps your small trucking minds cannot comprehend intellectual dialect? At no point have I contradicted myself anywhere. What I'm see is a bunch of small minded pecemistic uneducated individuals who impossibly made it as moderators spamming a good thread for prospective truckers that are going to encounter this problem going into trucking, to the point I'm now going to have to start a whole new thread to clean out your spamming and irrelevant posts to the topic so future newcomers can actually get helpful advice instead of seeing nasty and irrelevent comments from people who are supposed to be moderators.

I am simply providing my insight from experience as a newcomer, sharing my obstacles, and the solutions for learning purposes. In response, what I see is sad lonely people picking on newbies all over this website to make themselves feel better, and then making high claims of perfection and nobility to falsely better or highten their image.

Picking on newbies who are sharing their experiences for others just because your experienced to make you feel better is going to have repurcussions. Cause and effect. Natural order. That's all I'm saying, I'm not going to sit here while you berrate me with false accusations and assumptions and try and say you know better than a doctor or better than my recruiter, because you don't, and you should learn how to be more respectful to people.

At no point have I refused to listen to anyone here. In fact if you pay attention to my replies, you'll see I actually thank and express my gratitude for the advice given. Certain elements of certain replies I responded to to correct inacurate assumptions however, but at no point have I not listened or adhered to experienced truckers voicing their experience. But I do not appreciate assumptions, accusations, or rude dialect. And I do not have split personality communication patterns, you need to straighten up how you speak with people and discontinue your false accusations. As for name calling, it is not my intent to call anyone names, to be rude or disrespectful in any way, I am simply using the words based on their definitions to express the accuracy of the truth. Not as an attack or retaliation to your behaviors, but dokey for their definitional purposes.

I appreciate your insight Rob. I also appreciate your communication patterns much better than the others' here. From what I've seen here, I can't say I share your sentiment about Kearsy. She could be the greatest trainer in the world, but her mentality needs work. I'm sure it's meaningless in trucking, but I've noticed her pecimism and her big-headedness (no disrespect). Some of her comments are quite offensive and misrepresentive.

Again I do sincerely appreciate your insight, I have noticed you are the most intelligent Trucking Truth personelle that has communicated here. To answer your questions: 1. I do not intend on having any other pet in the truck except Jack 2. I intend to move very quickly from OTR to an Illinois Route, and if possible even a more local route to my hometown in Iroquois County. Lots of farms and grain elevators, theirs always CDL jobs open where I come from. 3. I was making good money from my business, and when covid-19 hit, I stopped. Most of my products were refurbished video game systems from repair factories in China. In the State of Illinois, Bruce Rauner (our previous Governor) cut state funding, forcing almost every homeless shelter to close in Illinois. There are only a few left in the whole state, and they charge you rent money or only give you 2 weeks. There is only one shelter in Illinois that is actually good, but it is closed until further notice due to covid-19. There is no available shelter in Illinois that keeps residents long enough to get a job and up on their feet. It's one of the biggest problems in the state of Illinois. Even if there were shelters available and viable, I'm not going to be going to them because of the types of people you are around. I first went to a shelter when my business failed, and I can say you are around some of the worst possible people imaginable, and that's not an exaggeration. You also have to smell farts, and share public bathrooms, and go though a bunch or requirements and rules. A grown man does not want to go live back with mom and dad with their rules after being an independent grown up for 10 years. That's what a shelter is. In the woods, I've got my own schedule, my own rules, my own ****ter, heated tent, I can smoke my pipe when I want, don't have to put up with slang ebonics or gangster activity, don't got to worry about Jack biting drug addicts, can go catch my fish and hunt my deer when I want, can eat when I want, can let Jack run freely when and where he wants, etc.. 4. While it's true I could go into town and get a job next week, I'm not willing to work minimum wage, or anything under $16 an hour. I've got enough money and enough credit to keep up warm, fed, healthy, etc until we get driving. Anymore questions please ask.