Random Testing Consortium: A need for Transportation Companies/ Truck Drivers


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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2023

Random Testing Consortium is the random selection of truck drivers/employees from different transportation companies and making one large group of them called a random testing pool. There are equal chances for the selection of random drug and alcohol testing for each employee present in the random testing pool. Why drug abuse is common among truck drivers? The prolonged duty periods of truck drivers and hectic duty requiring them to be awake for several hours driving contribute to excessive usage of drugs more than any other company employee. According to the latest survey conducted by American Addiction Centers truck drivers showed a high frequency of drug abuse. About 30 percent of truck drivers are reported as drug abusers. Among American-based truckers, the most frequently used drug is alcohol. Another study performed by the Department of Labor shows 65% percent of road accidents are related to drug abuse.

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