How would you feel about not having to fill out a DVIR everyday?

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by scythe08, Aug 1, 2013.

  1. scythe08

    scythe08 Road Train Member

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    www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/news/news-releases/2013/fmcsa-46-13.aspx

    Just sat this on the FMCSA site. What do you think? You would have to fill it out if violations were found. I like it.





     
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  3. morr2fab

    morr2fab Medium Load Member

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    Well with elog you dont need paper, just tap a few keys. However, it wont stop me from doing a walk around on my truck at the start and end of my driving shift. Nor every time I come back to my truck after it being out of my sight. People mess with trucks, I will not be caught with my pants down in that reguard.

    It's better to check and be safe than to not check and be down all day.
     
  4. AZS

    AZS Honk if anything falls off

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    not always true, my company uses elogs but also requires a seperate dvir each day to be filled out. Anyway, I like this possible change. Seems a bit redundant as is.
     
  5. Infosaur

    Infosaur Road Train Member

    I don't fill them out until the end of the day, so that if anything breaks I can mark it at the end and take it into the service department.

    (Anything serious gets fixed ASAP. I've never had any problems bad enough for a roadside call other than flats.)

    But yeah I've memorized it. 12 check marks for the trailer, 33 for the tractor and four N/A's (not applicable) between the two.

    Yadda, yadda, yadda, final odo reading, subtract from start & sign. NEXT!
     
  6. Raezzor

    Raezzor Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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    Indeed. Just because you flagged the inspections on your log doesn't mean you have filed the correct paperwork. Current regs also require an inspection form to be filled out. Most companies with paper logs have this at the bottom of the log book page but if they don't you should get a separate booklet to fill out and turn in each inspection with your log book pages. This is a good move on the FMCSA's part finally. I always wondered why you had to fill out a paper just to say nothing was wrong.
     
  7. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    Could have pros and cons, probably more pros. I remember way back when I started on paper logs, writing down the defects for weeks on end and no one ever seemed to read those or care, certainly they never seemed to enter into the system when the company truck was in the shop and I explicitly wrote on the 'fix it' sheet the same concerns I wrote every day on the DVIR.

    So I think it could be a good thing, a truck showing a DVIR is one that has something wrong, won't get lost in the shuffle of good DVIRs. Currently on the Elogs I use now, I don't think there is a way to show a defect on the macro, the system will not accept anything but a passing DVIR.
     
  8. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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    I don't have to do one as it is......
     
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  9. Infosaur

    Infosaur Road Train Member

    Egad! Hmmm, yeah that's totally not the company trying to put the blame on the driver. "We never received any indication from the driver his brakes were bad, and if they were he never reported them."

    Yeah well the way JJ Keller prints out these DVIR's is stupid. I've got 3 boxes for gauges alone, but any engine/driveline/transmission problems are one box. One box for tires rims and wheels combined (nothing for bearings or axle housings). 4 boxes for lights (on the tractor side) but only one box for lights on the trailer DVIR (and trailer lights go out all the freakin' time!)

    One column is for the driver to check and one is for a mechanic to note any repairs, but if I D/H 3 or more trailers in a day (and I inspect all of them) I just use both columns and the margin. Also on occasion I will slip-seat a ride. So I use the "M" (mechanic) column for the 2nd truck.
     
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