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Yep a company was formed to do it fast!! at a $100 bucks a pop....mine won't have the endorsement after this year....

OH just give me a few days notice so I can stock up first. :)

How many truckers from mexico have to get finger printed for the same thing?

That's just how the government works - tax the people who keep the country running. They probably had some dumbass right out of college pitching it to them - probably the same inspector as the one who told my husband he had to pour the concrete curb then wait for it to dry and pour the top on. My husband was like "you know that's going to crack and separate, right?" And the 22 year old inspector said that my husband obviously didn't know his concrete. Guess what? It cracked and separated. More money the state flushed down the toilet.

Char: L-1 Identity Solutions is actually a business formed specifically to fingerprint and do background checks on CDL(commercial driver license) holders who wish to haul hazardous materials. Most trucking companies require the endorsement. They charge 100 bucks for the service. Supposedly a driver will only have to do this once as long as they don't drop the haz-mat on the license,but noone knows that for sure. This company supposedly is also required to protect all the information they gather. I can not pass a physical since my heart attack in 2002 so I did not keep my haz-mat but I kept the CDL when I renewed mine last year.

O! Ok, I get it...
The government will continue to tax everyone for ever thing. And PA's right... that's where's it's going. Big socialist government taking more and more control, more and more of our money.

A thought: no incumbents elected back into office.

That is wrong and if is something required by the employer then the employer needs to pick up the tab.

Bil if I were a driver I wouldn't mind the back ground checks and the finger printing if.

#1 The employer pays
#2 Every driver from mexico and Canada entering this country is checked out and finger printed also before entering.

JMO

Canadian drivers have always been printed for their haz-mat endorsements on their license long before we were. They were being printed in the 80's when I was running up there. As far as Mexican drivers,I haven't a clue. Supposedly they are but who knows.Again,if you don't want to be printed,don't haul haz-mat. All the companies require drivers to have a CDL which costs about three times what a regular license costs,should the company pick up that cost? I look at like a mechanic and his tools, it's yours and if you change jobs it goes with you.

you are required to have a license, and renew it. nurses are required to keep up their license. they have to pay for it. etc. many people have to pay dues, or fees. it's not that big of a deal i don't think. dont get me wrong, i understand where you come from. in my job, i am required to be fingerprinted and background check and i.d. badge displayed at all times. my company pays for first. if i lose it, i pay for it. to get my badge back, i have to pay for it. without it, i don't work. it's a very pricey badge. i work in aviation. my point is, we all (ok-many), have to pay for some sort of license. i don't think going on strike and hurting the rest of the country is the way to do it. plus, it should be a tax write off then i would think.

I drove for over 40 years, and they only had 2 rues i minded, log books and seat belts , if I was a haz mat driver, i wouldn't have any qualms about the added security , it's just part of the territory and the job !