Why is it that when the truck breaks they always think it is the driver fault?

And in the lower left hand corner of that, it says;

mechanics signature:


Let's be honest. Truck drivers are not mechanics, and mechanics are not truck drivers, and while one can do some of what the other does and vice versa, the "I detect......" is subject to interpretation, and if you had every driver interpreting that part of the log/inspection report as "if there's something not working as it should, it could affect the safety of it's operation"...well, you'd have those same drivers turning in their keys and becoming mechanics because most of the trucks on the road would start the day by requiring a mechanic to come address one of the thousands of miniscule issues that DO NOT affect safety, and in no way does anything other than a plethera of experience qualify any driver to have the ears eyes and instincts to consider him "responsible".along with his name on the side of the truck!

out of curiosity...how often do you inspect your trucks? because there's something that gets neglected...and per the DOT, in my interpretation, every trucking company needs a qualified person to inspect their equipment and make a report...on a monthly basis. anyone here notice years gone by where someone never drove over, or walked out of their office, and spent a solid hour under the hood, pushing on the driveline, checking oil, air pressure, coolant levels, etc.?

 

Breakdowns suck regardless but when it happens I'm extremely thankful when its something I couldn't have prevented.

 

I guess I don't really understand what you are saying here. It's not the driver's responsibility to check and inflate tires?

 

Well, the title of the thread was, " Why is it that when the truck breaks they always think it's the drivers fault?


For the same reason that it's always the company owner or dispatchers fault when,

The load got delayed
The place was closed
The road was narrow
The sun didn't shine
The customer doesn't speak english
The wind was blowing
There was a lot of traffic
The food was bad
My wife wasn't in a good mood
My dog died
There was a long wait for fuel
The customer that I DIDN'T call on Friday, was closed on Sat.

 

No, just a headsup to make sure your air pressure is correct when you know someone is going to look at your truck. Dispatchers/desk pushers dont always understand what happens to 100psi when it climbs 4,000ft, or drops 4000ft, or when you leave come back in to a 50* environment from a 110* environment, not to mention the mornings you just dont want to try and air up your trailer tires the pain in the ### way because there's a compressor at the yard and they're within 10lbs, but you leave texas and drive back to NE and then you're 20lbs short and someone makes the assumption that "he can't even keep his tires aired up!"