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How Truck Drivers Can Stay Healthier on the Road

May 15, 2014 by Randolph Rosarion M.D.

As we know, life on the road is difficult for the truck driver. Hard hours, a sedentary lifestyle and a host of unhealthy temptations at truck stops are some of the causes of the high rate of obesity, hypertension and related co-morbidities such as sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease in drivers. But, it does not need to be that way as we can see in this NY Times article. Like anything else in life, with a little effort and determination […]

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Deadline is set to 5pm Today. This deadline (see: NYC TLC Industry Notice) does not apply to Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAVs) or current FHV vehicle owners because the one year pause or moratorium only affects applicants for new FHV licenses. "The date and time of the Base Affirmation filed for the vehicle will determine if the one year pause app […]
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NYC TLC Fatigue Prevention May 27, 2017
fatigue_prevention_faq.pdfThe NYC TLC revised fatigued driving prevention rules was passed on February 2, 2017 and applies both to Taxi and FHV. Basically, both Taxi and FHV drivers are prohibited from transporting passengers for more than 10 hours in any 24-hour period and for more than 60 hours in a calendarweek (Monday-Sunday). As per TLC the earliest […]
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Uber Gets Into Serious Street Fightin’ With City Government May 3, 2017
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