“The driver needs to do a pre-trip — they have to be satisfied the vehicle’s in good operating condition before they drive it. That’s the bottom line. There’s no report required.

MYTH 3: A driver must record at least 15 minutes on his log for a pre-trip inspection. This is a whopper of a tale told by truck stop lawyers. 49 C.F.R. 395.8 requires all time recorded on a log ...

I recently ran across a great article from ATBS called The Importance of the Pre-Trip Truck Inspection. In my opinion, the article was spot on in enumerating the reasons why drivers should perform ...

MYTH 3: A driver must record at least 15 minutes on his log for a pre-trip inspection. This is a whopper of a tale told by truck stop lawyers. 49 C.F.R. Sec. 395.8 requires all time recorded on a ...

Every driver is trained when they're getting their commercial driver’s license to do pre-trip and post-trip inspections. It’s part of the test they must pass to get a license.

When it comes to pre- and post-trip inspections, you want to make sure everyone understands the big picture of how all the pieces fit together. Initial training during onboarding is not enough ...

While U.S. regulators recently eliminated the requirement that drivers fill out pre-trip inspection records unless they find a deficiency, pre-trip inspection reports are still mandatory in Canada ...

Waller Lease Driver Dave Swenson performs a pre-trip inspection. Pre-trip inspections are one the first things listed in the Commercial Driver License manual, hammering home the importance of the ...

That incorporates about 95% of driver pre- and post-trip inspections, DOT said. FMCSA estimates that truck drivers spend a combined 46.7 million hours each year completing driver vehicle ...

Waller Lease Driver Dave Swenson performs a pre-trip inspection. This is the first of a multi-part series on how drivers and the maintenance department work together to increase uptime.