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Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379
Now, this is just me thinking..but I would think that they would look at the past (say, 6 months) DVIR's. If they do that, and you've documented on your DVIR, it should be on the shop. Knowing my luck, it would come back on me.
but, it's still the classic catch-22. (1) If you check off anything as "defective" or unsafe during your PTI. You can't legally drive/operate it until it's fixed and the repairing mechanic has signed your DVIR. So, having 6 months of DVIR's where you repeatedly "wrote up" the vehicle, but continued to operate it-- gonna get YOU in even more trouble- especially if you're involved in an accident because of knowingly driving defective equipment and it's those defects that contribute to the accident.
Besides that... just try to get a mechanic to sign your DVIR after fixing your problems... unless you ask them BEFORE you PAY THEM-- and they refuse to sign so then you REFUSE to PAY.
But now, they will slap a lean and again you're not going anywhere.
As for Dispatchers... they've changed a couple words in the law suggesting that in the near future.. they are working on some means of fining or otherwise holding dispatchers, load planners, customer service personal responsible for dispatching individual drivers on loads that they cannot legally complete in accord with 392.6. And also looking like in the future dispatchers will be required to KNOW exactly how many hours a driver has available (including 14hr rule) at the time of dispatch. These changes in the wording... now not only includes the OWNER of the company( holder of the DOT authority) but also his employees as well.
I really don't see how this is going to be 'workable' unless you require dispatchers to have Licenses of their own-- some manner of something to assign "fines"
