A Department of Transportation (DOT) physical is a physical exam that is required of people who drive commercial vehicles. The point of a DOT physical is to make sure that people who are driving ...

This Opinion piece appears in the April 14 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. For most truckers, the U.S. Department of Transportation physical is just an inconvenience, ...

The Department of Transportation requires that commercial motor vehicle drivers who cross state lines on their route pass a physical exam by a licensed medical examiner every two years and get a ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has suspended an Alabama chiropractor and one of his employees for their roles in a scheme to falsify DOT physical exams for truck drivers. Dr. Kenneth ...