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Take your truck to the nearest weigh station or port of entry and let whoever is on duty inspect the truck. If you self report the problem (rather than wait for them to catch you) and let them know your employer knows about the problem, refuses to fix it and is requiring you to drive an unsafe vehicle they should put the truck OOS without any liability on your part. Your employer will then be forced to fix the problem before the truck leaves again. And pay a hefty fine in the process. Your employer may not like it and may fire you but no company should EVER force a driver to knowingly operate an unsafe vehicle.

 

agreed, just make your your DVIR's show the issues every day.

 

Have you write this up in pretrip/ post trip inspection report and submit to company (person in charge for safety)?
If so you have legal rights not to operate this POS equipment and refuse to drive this truck.
If you don't. Do not go to DOT scale. Driver is solely responsible for equipment to comply with DOT regulatioons and rules before it leaves the yard. If you have drove this truck down to the DOT scale you intentionally operate equipment OOS.
So write everything in your post/pre trip inspection report and submit. Ask them to underwrite the copy. There could be two responses. 1. Defect fixed and mechanic signature or
2. Defect is not affect the safety and mechanic signature. If second - go to DOT scale.
Do not sacrifice your reputation, name or freedom (in worst scenario) to the s...t eaters.

 

Neg. if you drive it on the scale you will be the one getting to sign tic.an paying the fine at coops?

 

quit find an other company to work for,,