A friend says a pre-trip inspection is like Bigfoot, everyone has heard of it but no one has ever seen one. Ha Ha, that tells you how often one actually sees another driver doing a pre-trip or a post trip inspection. The thing is, most drivers drive the same vehicle every day and know when there is something amiss.
However, in the FMCSR (Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulations) 396.11, the law reads (paraphrasing) that a vehicle inspection MUST be done every day. Up until earlier this year this had to be done in writing and signed by the driver. Now the report only needs to be in writing if there is a defect detected. I'm not sure about you but if I find something wrong that may get me stopped for an inspection, I'm going to fix it or get it fixed before I report anything. It's kinda like doing a pre-inspection inspection, getting repairs done then doing the pre-trip inspection. For this reason I have never turned in an inspection report with a defect as an owner operator.
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However, in the FMCSR (Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulations) 396.11, the law reads (paraphrasing) that a vehicle inspection MUST be done every day. Up until earlier this year this had to be done in writing and signed by the driver. Now the report only needs to be in writing if there is a defect detected. I'm not sure about you but if I find something wrong that may get me stopped for an inspection, I'm going to fix it or get it fixed before I report anything. It's kinda like doing a pre-inspection inspection, getting repairs done then doing the pre-trip inspection. For this reason I have never turned in an inspection report with a defect as an owner operator.
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