Six out of 10 trucks found unsafe

Maybe I'm naive, but I find those numbers hard to swallow.
Unsafe by what criteria?
A log book violation? Does that include the driver that forgot to flag that pit stop at the rest area?
An equipment violation? Does that include the truck that has airlines hangning 4" above the catwalk, instead of 6"
A tired driver? Does that include a driver 30 minutes from stopping, that has bloodshot eyes? (maybe his contacts are bothering him?)

Most fleets take care of their equipment. Most O/Os in my experience, are reasonably careful. Most drivers seem to be compliant.
But we hear about the few.

Unless I see facts, I have a hard time believing that officer's opinion.

 

Slow news day? I believe the "overworked driver" is a plant and not a driver at all. And the loose air tank looks a little to newly loose. The mounts aint even worn yet the bolts are a quarter inch loose?
And if things are as bad as they say why has Ohio closed half of the scales in the state?
Could it be the scales where this took place is slated to be closed or could it be they wanted to show the need for a new super coop? Notice they were working in the rain?

 

I agree completely. Perhaps this is a way to justify federal spending or for the driver to look victimized so he can start a class action lawsuit. Whatever the case this smells fishy for sure.

 

if an inspector lets a hazardous condition go by, and then it is in a wreck, is he liable? Either his 60% failure rate is bogus, or he isn't doing his job, you can't have both.

 

i see more scales closed all over...i think this is bull s$$$ too.

 

I completly agree that 6 out of 10 trucks are unsafe. As long as the defenition of unsafe is anything that makes the vehicle not 100 percent perfect.

 

The driver was "forced " to drive illegally ? Was there someone in the cab with a gun to his head ? These claims are pure BS .

 

That would be 6 out of the 10 that they cherrypicked from the passing stream of trucks that either came in from lack of PrePass equipment or were intentionally pulled in. You know they're not going to inspect an obviously well-maintained vehicle out of that sample unless we're doing one of their wunnerful inspections blitzes.

It sounds muy better in news terms to omit the fact that those out-of-service trucks do not in any way represent any kind of a valid sample of the total commerical truck population on I76 or any highway in the nation.

 

Modern roadways and new routes, "supercoops", more mobile inspection units, and better transportation technology make a lot of those stations obsolete.

They inspect far more trucks today (US in general) than ever.