A bad inspection at the roadside can put an operator out of service in the blink of an eye. Among the many necessary preventives are an owner-op's close pre- and post-trip and other equipment inspections. Yet much of the conventional wisdom around those inspections, whether the pre-trip variety or the required periodic inspection, is more fiction than fact.
In some cases, these fictions merely obscure a more valuable truth, and in other cases they can lead drivers to unknowingly commit what can, in rare circumstances, be construed as felony.
Given the seriousness of road safety and inspections, Overdrive worked with attorney Paul Taylor of the Truckers Justice Center to separate myth from reality and bring a little clarity to the often confusing legal jargon that makes up federal safety regulations.
In the video above, find six inspection myths debunked in part of Overdrive's Trucking Law video series.
In this episode:
00:00 Intro to Trucking Law myths
00:31 Myth 1:- Pre-trip inspection report
