Mirror broke: help company in the wrong, don’t know what to do.

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This right here.
You can't depend on a person mashing at a keyboard to fix your truck hundreds of miles away.
Truck is legal to drive without the mirror, it just is not pleasant.
Expecting the company to shell out hundreds more to have a person bring you one is umm.. entitled.

Tape that #### up and keep it moving. Turn in the receipt for the supplies and have a good story to tell.

 

He feels unsafe to drive. Its as simple as that. Nobody can force him to operate a CMV if he feels unsafe.

 

Get it in writing, (CYA)
Look for a new company, that one will never last.

 

The point where we feel unsafe to drive is different for everyone . The question is, should we try to overcome our feelings to complete the job.

 

You are correct, if he does not feel safe, he should never drive. I was only pointing out that the truck is legal to drive by FMCSA standards

 

Feelings don't matter. It's simply illegal to put a truck on the public road without that mirror. If the company is unwilling to get it fixed, well I'd be unwilling to work for aid company.

 

Really? How is it legal to drive?
§ 393.80 Rear-vision mirrors.
(a) Every bus, truck, and truck tractor shall be equipped with two rear-vision mirrors, one at each side, firmly attached to the outside of the motor vehicle, and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway to the rear, along both sides of the vehicle. All such regulated rear-vision mirrors and their replacements shall meet, as a minimum, the requirements of FMVSS No. 111 (49 CFR 571.111) in force at the time the vehicle was manufactured.

(b) Exceptions.

(1) Mirrors installed on a vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1981, may be continued in service, provided that if the mirrors are replaced they shall be replaced with mirrors meeting, as a minimum, the requirements of FMVSS No. 111 (49 CFR 571.111) in force at the time the vehicle was manufactured.

(2) Only one outside mirror shall be required, which shall be on the driver's side, on trucks which are so constructed that the driver has a view to the rear by means of an interior mirror.

(3) In driveway-towaway operations, the driven vehicle shall have at least one mirror furnishing a clear view to the rear.

 

Why wouldn’t the hood mirror qualify for one of the two required mirrors?

 

I thought I was the only one that this has happened to.
Very windy thru the construction zone and a truck ahead of me passed one of those orange spring loaded signs and it got blown loose and hit my r side and mirror. Was on way back to terminal so wasn't that far but didn't get a incident or chargeable out of it.
May have been because of the orange paint on the damage.
Go get a cheap spot mirror and do what you have to do to get where you can get it replaced.
Half the drivers out here don't use mirrors and they have two!

 

I get and understand not wanting to drive if you feel unsafe
But being able to do a little problem solving on your own might go a long way in the business

Not many people on the other end of the phone can problem solve or they may not want to do a bunch of hand holding??
Again. If not able to do the job and feel safe is a personal decision but crap breaks all the time and we as drivers should be able to jerry rig our way to safety