There are new regulations coming for the state's truckers and other commercial drivers. The federal government is setting up a database to be used by the Division of Motor Vehicles in all states. Marge Howell works for North Carolina's DMV.
Marge Howell: Most of our commercial drivers will have to certify the type of driving they do, whether its intrastate or interstate, and they will also be required to provide their DMV with current medical certification information.
Howell says most commercial drivers already carry the health information on a medical certification card. She says the new system will make that information more accessible and better organized. It will be phased in over the next two years as drivers renew their licenses.
