One of the big issues that is used as a justification for the fatigue checklist and other efforts is the presence of sleep apnea.

Even the FMCSA’s medical review board is obsessing on this topic, proposing that up to half of all truckers be compelled to pull thousands of dollars out of their own pockets for apnea testing, even absent any prior statement by a doctor that those individuals might have the illness.

Far too many people have bought into the sleep apnea argument without thinking, without questioning, without evidence.

And why is that.

Well, you want to find out what’s really driving something, you follow the money. That’s what trucker Warren Riley suggested when he called recently, and as far as I’m concerned, he hit it on the head when he mentioned the money trail.

First, Land Line Magazine staff writer Charlie Morasch has documented connections between