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H ere are my thoughts, a former owner-operator when fuel was $0.99 and up to $1.25 per gallon. We all thought we'd die when diesel fuel went to a whole dollar a gallon. I have 24 years of experience and am now a company driver. I cannot understand my fel-low drivers. Some are slobs and pig pens, really. I can't understand why grown men use a truckstop bathroom and throw used hand paper towels on the floor, or worse, in the sink! The sink? Yep. How'd you like to be the low-wage janitor go in a toilet stall and pick up dis-carded scratch lottery tickets off the floor, coffee cups, water bot-tle, Coke cans and other such trash? A 5-year-old wouldn't do it, but grown truck drivers do. Why? Because no one's looking. Quit being animals and become human beings again! Other drivers following you don't like it, and I'm sure the janitor hates it and us truck drivers. Have some pride in yourself, Jocko. Also, why do some of you morons have to unscrew and steal all the clothes/coat hooks from all the stall doors nationwide? I have a friend who is a manager at a major truckstop chain. He told me they replaced hundreds of coat hooks in the bath-rooms and are not doing it any more. He says when using their bathrooms, Throw your jackets on the floor. He doesn't care. Drivers, grow up and don't act stupid. Mike Giglio Marietta, Ohio AT WHAT BMI SHOULD THE FMCSA TEST FOR SLEEP APNEA, AND WHY? I don't know if there is a certain BMI that they should test at. I know people who have a very low BMI, and they have sleep apnea. They are finding out it is not all about weight. Yes, there is a much higher risk of having sleep apnea when a person is overweight, but it can hap-pen in skinny people also. Dave U. If they make the test very strict, then they are going to absolutely decimate the trucking industry. There are a lot of big guys and ladies in the industry, and if a company loses 25-35 percent of its drivers, hope-fully the standards will have to be adjusted quickly. I am a big man, yes, but I do not have sleep apnea. But I am constantly being ridiculed for just being big. Tim M. I think everyone should be checked for sleep apnea. Rick R. Check four-wheel drivers too. Since the majority of accidents involving trucks is the fault of the four-wheeler, then it only makes sense that they should be tested. Mike D. BMI should not be an indi-cator of sleep apnea. Slim people as well as overweight people can have sleep apnea. James M. Anyone can have sleep apnea. Know the symptoms and don't ignore them. When a trucker gets a physical, the doctor should be asking questions that can reveal symptoms and the need for testing. Assigning a BMI will not solve the problem. Traci G. Not everyone who is heavy has sleep apnea! Tammy B. Via Facebook: 10 TRUCKERS NEWS JANUARY 2010 Submit a Letter: Send letters to , Attn: Randy Grider, Truckers News 3200 Rice Mine Road NE, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 35406 or .rgrider@rrpub.com Tweet Us: Hit up ' Truckers News Twitter page at twitter.com/truckersnews to provide quick and easy feedback in 140 characters or less. SOUND OFF HOW DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DONE IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE? We're in deep trouble 69% Good 9% Poor 9% Excellent 8% Fair 6% SOURCE: POLL, 431 VOTESETRUCKER.COM Drivers, Quit Acting a Fool FEEDBACK