ATA backs drug testing bill for truckers

Regulatory/Transport

Thursday, December 06, 2012

American Trucking Associations applauded Reps. Reid Ribble of Wisconsin and Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee for calling for a pilot program to require drug testing of hair samples for truck drivers in the United States. The proposed bill would require the Transportation Department to develop a pilot program to test the viability of hair testing on truckers. According to an ATA press release, hair testing for drugs is much more effective that currently used me...

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