My boss wants me to pull a 48 foot Conestoga flatbed trailer (leased) that has only two marker lights on each side. It is one of the old style trailers that has, in the front, a marker light on the side and a clearance light in the front, rather than the newer style that has a combination marker and clearance light at a 45° angle.
When I asked him about the missing lights he texted to me not to worry about it, that the load has got to go out and if it gets written up he will pay the fine.
So my question is, if it does by chance get caught on a roadside inspection, does the company get issued the citation or do I get issued the citation personally? Or both?
If if I get cited personally, is it on my permanent record? Are there points involved?
I think I read that the roadside inspection emphasis this year is on lighting, so maybe I'm just overly concerned about it?
Conestoga trailer lighting violations and citations question
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by WadeH, Feb 26, 2021.
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Here's a photo of where the marker light should be but is missing.
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So it has 2 marker lights on the side and this clearance light on the bulkhead?
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Yes. It has one marker light at the rear and one marker light in the middle of the trailer...and this clearance light on the front of the bulkhead. It does have weld marks underneath the frame at the front-side of the trailer where the original front marker lights were attached.
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I should add that the combination marker and clearance lights at the top of the Conestoga bulkhead do not work, so they can't count as the front marker light either. here's a photo
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Who cares? Run the load. If you spend all your time worrying about the small stuff, you’ll never leave the yard.
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seriously.
see here is how it works, if you get pulled over for a roadside or get dinged in a scale, you are the driver and you MAY get violation for it but if you don’t act like an *****, scream and yell at the inspection officer, chances are you will be told to get it fixed. However if you do get a violation, it is painless. You will sign the inspection paperwork, told to send it to the company and they have to deal with it, it goes in one of your records and it is forgotten quickly, it isn’t a big deal.
what is if you have no lights or flickering lights or if your trailer is damaged that it can’t maintain integrity for safety. So far that looks like an average cheap owners trailer and gets by. -
You can surely tell the uncareing fleet owners in this thread.
If it is, in fact, not legal to drive then simply don't run it till it's legal. I don't care what it said that the odds are you getting caught or whatever, If the owner is too cheap to make something legal then that's their problem not yours. It is, however, your CDL on the line.
After all it doesn't take that much time to get a mobile guy out to fix lights on a trailer.WadeH, GYPSY65 and Speed_Drums Thank this. -
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Just go replace the pigtail/light up high, and tell him hes reimbursing you 50$
Takes 20 minutes, 20$ a milk crate or two to stand on and some cursing.
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