TY  - JOUR
T1  - HIghway safety
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2013/01/09
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.173967
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 126
EP  - 126
VL  - 309
IS  - 2
N2  - 
The report, prepared for Sen Frank R. Lautenberg (D, NJ), chairman of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, noted that gaps exist in enforcing drug and alcohol testing and medical examinations of individuals holding a commercial driver's license, which allows them to operate tractor trailers, school buses, cargo vans, or other commercial vehicles. As an example of the danger these gaps pose, the report authors were able to identify 204 commercial drivers who drove a commercial vehicle as recently as 2011 despite having epilepsy, a disqualifying medical condition. Of those drivers with epilepsy, 31 had been involved in accidents.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.173967
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.173967
ER  -