If i failed a d.o.t. physical at for B.W.I. can i still drive a truck?

I really want to drive a truck and recently applied to Prime Inc what a joke! the recruiter sent me all the way to missouri and went for the d.o.t. physical and after they weight me and checked my height they said they were sending me home due to a new federal law stating that you cant be obese and drive a truck so they sent me home. First off i am far from obese i lift weight and work out i have always been heavy due to my muscle mass if you looked at me the average person would say i look 50lbs under my actual weight. I am trying to figure this out since the average person i saw working for them was over weight I really want to drive a truck and have no problem dropping the weight but this is seems like a scam or some kind of discrimination i really don’t get it can someone give any info on truck company’s or any other ways i can get into this right away? thanks

I’ve heard of people being rejected for high blood pressure but not being overweight. Not sure if these are the most up to date but here goes:

Department of Transportation Physical Requirements

Fed Reg 391.41

No loss of foot, leg hand or arm.

No impairment of hand or finger that interferes with power grasping or no impairment of arm, foot, leg that interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks of driving a motor vehicle.

No history of diabetes that requires insulin for control.

No current diagnosis of myocardial infarction, angina, pectoris, coronary insufficiency, thrombosis, or other cardio-vascular disease known to be accompanied by syncope, dyspnea, collapse or congestive heart failure.

No history or diagnosis of respiratory dysfunction likely to interfere with the ability to control a motor vehicle.

No current diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with driving a motor vehicle. (159/89 maximum)

No history or current diagnosis of rheumatic, orthopedic, muscular, neuromuscular, or vascular disease that interferes with the ability to control and operate a motor vehicle.

No history or current diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition that is likely to cause loss of consciousness.

No mental, nervous, organic or functional disease of psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with operating a motor vehicle.

Distant visual acuity of at least 20/40 in each eye, field of vision of at least 70 degrees and the ability to perceive red, yellow, green and amber.

Ability to perceive a forced whisper in the better ear at no less than five feet, with or without use of a hearing aid.

No use of a Schedule I drug, amphetamine, narcotic or any other habit forming drug.

No current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism.

If you don’t fall into any of those categories try a different company

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