When is post-accident drug & alcohol testing required?

In this video, we break down the federal drug/alcohol post-accident testing rules to detail what types of accidents require these tests and who is subject to them.
Trucksafe Consulting, LLC is a full-service transportation safety consulting firm, offering one-on-one consulting services as well as industry-leading training resources and compliance forms. Brandon Wiseman and Jerad Childress, Trucksafe's owners, are transportation attorneys who have worked with the nation's largest and most sophisticated motor carriers on USDOT safety regulations. They focus their efforts on helping carriers develop and foster state-of-the-art safety programs. For help managing your DOT policies and procedures, mock DOT audits, safety rating upgrades, DataQs appeals, and much more, contact us through our website: www.trucksafe.com

[@donaldc.4326]

Thank God I'm retired. 25 yrs. collision free. Drank beer and smoked a joint when ever I could off duty. I'm proud of my driving history. I stand by every mile I drove. What a sad world.

[@kapyushon]

Thanks, Brandon for an informative video. What if the truck was towed away due to damage but the officer discovered no violation from driver's side and did not require the driver to take the post-accident drug test?

[@Trucksafe]

Thanks for watching! If your driver wasn’t cited in a towaway accident, no drug/alcohol test is required.

[@dmannnn3357]

Hi so they made me take this test and I do not hold a CDL just non CDL class c and it came back positive but I didn’t meet any of these dot requirements was my company no suppose to administer this type of test ?

[@Vsp712]

Can you make a video on the new waiver for eldt new drivers Dec 1st

[@Trucksafe]

Not familiar with this waiver. Do you have a link?

[@Vsp712]

@@Trucksafe the link gets deleted when I try to send it

[@Vsp712]

@@Trucksafe look up landline media fmcsa waiver then you'll see below that the fmcsa post about the waiver

[@Trucksafe]

Thanks. I’ll take a look.

[@BannerSound]

Brandon, Is there officially any type of certification necessary or required to offer DOT compliance services? I am a retired O/O and have consulting others (informally, just as a courtesy, no charge) regarding their compliance requirements and even helping with IFTA.
Although it's not rocket science (just a lot of researching), it can all be very confusing, even almost a full time job just keeping up with all the policy changes, as you well know!
I was considering setting this up as a business itself, but my concern is not only requirements for offering my services legally, but liabilty issues I may run into as well, Thanks.

[@Trucksafe]

Hey, Hunter. No, there’s no certification or license that you need to offer consulting services. That said, probably best to set up a business entity and look into professional liability insurance.

[@trujay3463]

Is that test going to be supervised?

[@ShoneBrate]

Why i can not post comment about sleeper split rule on another video?

[@zauradzhiev5352]

Hi, so non CDL drivers are required to obtain tests even though fatality, injury or towaway with citation occurred? Thanks

[@Trucksafe]

Yeah, the federal regulations don’t require testing of non-CDL drivers regardless of the severity of the accident. That said, some carriers do their own non-DOT testing voluntarily.