Annual Inspection-Sticker = Good to Go?

It's been the opposite for me. They ask for the hard copy. I guess it's because I have stickers on both sides and are easy to see.

 

I’ve always only ever had the hard copy in the permit book, I’ve never put the sticker on any of the trucks I’ve had.

Being leased to Tralo and FCC were the only times I didn’t do my annual myself, and even with the twice a year inspections at Tralo and the quarterly inspections at FCC I didn’t have anything that needed repaired.

 

WRONG!

it is exactly a pass or fail.

So what? If there is a defect that does not pass inspection, the truck can not be used to haul until the repairs are made and documented - NO EXCEPTIONS!

If you could not, then you should not to any inspections for any reason.

396.17 is explicit.

396.17(c) explains if there is a defect found in the appendix of the regulation, the truck can not be used for commercial purposes, PERIOD!

They don’t care most of the time, if they do a level 1, the previous inspection is no longer valid.

 

Not sure how it works there but here if the vehicle doesn't meet the CVIP inspection criteria then it doesn't pass. Can still be driven so long as the previous CVIP isn't expired although once the previous inspection expires then it's OOS until it passes.

 

No, I think you have it wrong.

The inspection sticker does not get ISSUED until the truck passes the inspection - period.

The sticker is an indicator that the truck has passed the inspection based on the criteria listed in the appendix of 396.17, which are the same exact items listed in the CVSA list for a level 1.

If you took into consideration anything like a crying owner or some driver who needed to get the load to the customer when you inspected the truck and issued the sticker, then you violated the regulations as an inspector.

If you issued the sticker when there were any failure(s) involved, you violated the regulations as an inspector.

You as an inspector if you issued one under the guise of it being just a list of repairs and that truck gets into an accident, those ambulence chasing POS lawyers are going to add you to the list of entities to sue - your shop, the owner(s) and you will be named and may lose in the court.

It isn't even open for discussion, the regs are so black and white, they hurt to read them (sarcasm).

 

Here if the truck does not pass inspection, it can not be used for commercial purposes until the repairs are done and a new inspection or documentation from the repairs are confimed and the sticker is issued at that point.

 

No it is not valid. If the truck passes the new one brings it to another 12 months, if it doesn’t, the previous inspection is invalid because of the defects and the need to reinspect to make the truck legal to use as a commercial vehicle.