Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports
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Most DVIRs are a pencil whipping exercise with "No Defects Found" for the most part the DVIRs have to be taken at face value. However, there are days a person knows there were defects and the carrier can be cited for incomplete reports or in worse case scenarios falsifying a report. Those days are when a roadside inspection reveals the defects and the driver receives a written report with the violations listed. Drivers that fail to transcribe the information and list the reported defects have prepared an incomplete or false report. Other issues include failing to repair defects in a timely manner. The roadside inspection program allows a vehicle with non-OOS defects to continue to its destination. However, once the vehicle is off-loaded reapirs from the roadside inspection have to be repaired before the vehicle is reloaded. NO the carrier does not have 15 days to repair the vehicle. Quote:
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Better keep your story straight. In another thread, you stated:
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What a daily inspection isn't scheduled maintenance? :?
So if a daily vehicle inspection isn't scheduled maintenance, what is it? Be safe. |
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Maintenance is the care or upkeep of the machinery. Examining a truck for defects is not upkeeping the truck; repairing the truck is upkeeping the truck. Drivers are not required to perform maintenance; carriers are. FMCSA is very clear about this in ?396.3 ?396.3 Inspection, repair and maintenance. (a) General ? Every motor carrier shall systematically inspect, repair, and maintain, or cause to be systematically inspected, repaired, and maintained, all motor vehicles subject to its control. |
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A daily vehicle inspection ensures a vehicle is safe to operate. The FMCSR requires items identified on the DVIR that affect safe operation to be repaired before the driver operates the vehicle. Quote:
Are we feeling a little insecure there Rev or you just testing the waters? Be safe. |
I would hardly Describe a Pre or Post trip VI as Maintenance
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yoopr
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The NTSB has cited driver failure to perform a proper pretrip inspection as a primary cause for improperly adjusted brakes. Beacuse drivers don't properly perform pretrip inspections brake problems are going unreported. Quote:
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Perhaps that is because you don't perform a proper pretrip inspection.
The NTSB has cited driver failure to perform a proper pretrip inspection as a primary cause for improperly adjusted brakes. Beacuse drivers don't properly perform pretrip inspections brake problems are going unreported Driven since '78 and I THINK i can do a pretty thorough Pre Trip :roll: With a spotless accident and ticket record. You are pretty condescending with your Posts and you're mixing apples and oranges. |
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If a driver is required to perform an in-route inspection, please cite the FMCSA rule that specifically states that. If I am driving a truck, and stop to take a pee, you bet I'm gonna do a walkaround before leaving. But I am not going to log it as an inspection, because there is no FMCSA rule stating that I am required to do so. Quote:
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2002 Closed Enforcement Cases
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You're welcome to split hairs regarding maintenance and inspections. However, the fact is drivers have to deal with the down time associated with vehicles placed OOS. States do cite drivers for safety defects on the equipment they are operating with monetary penalties. The cases given as examples are public history to avoid releasing proprietary information. As far as a requirement for a driver to inspect vehicles in operation: Quote:
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As mentioned, the driver involved in the 2002 crash at the Hampshire Toll booth recently had the charge changed from manslaughter to 2nd degree murder. As far as your argument the FMCSA holds the "MOTOR CARRIER" responsible for maintenance: Quote:
yoopr, if you're checking brake push-rod travel on a daily basis and are under the truck looking up at parts and accessories how do you avoid getting greasy? Is your truck so spotless the differentials are oil less? I drove in a time when manual slack adjusters were the norm and parking brakes required air to make them work. You did two things: 1. Regularly adjust your brakes using a 9/16" wrench 2. Bump trailers, hook airlines, charge the trailers air system, apply the trailer's parking brakes, then backed under the trailer. Otherwise you ended up chasing trailers around the parking lot. I'd bet a dollar to a dough nut 99.9% of driver visually inspect the brakes and do not check the push rod travel as prescribed by Pre-Trip Inspection Standards Pages 20 - 25 specifically page 23. The pre-trip inspection is maintenance if properly performed. The NTSB has stated the automatic slack adjusters provide a false sense of security. Back to the original issues: 1. Defects from the roadside inspection must be transcribed to the DVIR 2. Most DVIRs are pencil whipped and marked as "No defects found." 3. Vehicles cited for non-OOS defects must be repaired prior to reloading the vehicle. Per the definition of a "Motor Carrier" under Part 390.5 a driver is a motor carrier. Be safe. |
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