BC brake check stations

According to BC law, trucks must stop at brake checks and have the stop recorded on their driver's daily log/inspection report.

 

Posting the actual statute, or a link to the same, would lend more credence to your post. Also, define what you mean by "have the stop recorded on their driver's daily log."

 

Here is a link from the BC government website explaining brake checks and runaway lanes.

Runaway Lanes and How to Prevent Brake Loss in Commercial Vehicles Explained | TranBC

BC is a unique geographical area in North America because it has two major mountain ranges. Sometimes you will see brake checks described as pre-hill inspections. The NSC standard requires drivers note any defects found en route in their daily inspection report. In BC, truck drivers such as those hauling flat bed loads are required to inspect cargo at specified intervals and need to record this inspection on their daily report. Sealed cargo in dry van trailers and containers are usually exempt from regular cargo inspections.

 

False information. There is no requirement to record in-trip load inspections.

NSC Standard 13 only requires one inspection of a vehicle in operation every 24 hours. NSC Standard 10 does require en route load inspections, but there is no requirement to record them.

 

Hello, please refer to this CVSE document under 'Inspecting Cargo'

http://www.cvse.ca/references_publications/booklets1-6/pdf/Booklet_2_Cargo_Security.pdf

"Drivers must find safe locations to pull off the highway
and inspect cargo. Drivers must record cargo
securement inspections on their daily logs."

 

Note the "Statement of Limitation" which is the very first thing in the guide you posted:

This booklet is intended as a guide only and as such has been written as a plain language summary to help you understand some of the laws in British Columbia that affect cargo security. This guide covers laws in force as of March 2005. You should refer to the Motor Vehicle Act (MVA), the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations (MVAR) and National Safety Code Standard 10, Cargo Securement (the standard) for a full statement of the law. In the event of a conflict between this booklet and any provision of the MVA, MVAR or the standard, the MVA, MVAR and the standard shall apply. The MVA, MVAR and the standard are subject to change without notice.

(emphasis added) ​

As previously posted, there is no requirement in either NSC Standard 10, nor NSC Standard 9 to record en route cargo inspections.

 

Hello, I will not argue the specifics of the MVAR but it is an inter-dependent/connected regulation that enforces this rule. Now, will an inspector ticket a driver for not recording a cargo securement inspection? Probably no unless an incident occurs and the DVIR is audited.

 

So, what you are dancing around, is the fact that there is no regulation to record en route cargo inspections. The specifics (of the MVAR) are what is important. If such regulations exist, they are easy enough to cite.

 

(2) The driver or a person specified by the carrier shall satisfy himself or herself that the commercial motor vehicle is in a safe operating condition including, but not limited to, the operating condition of the following items:

....
(l) load securement devices.

(6) The driver or the person specified under subsection (2) shall,

(a) at the end of the final trip of the day, or

(b) where a trip lasts more than one day, on every subsequent day of the trip at the final rest stop of the day,

inspect the commercial motor vehicle and record in the trip inspection report defects observed as a result of this inspection or while in charge of the commercial motor vehicle.

Trip inspection report
37.23

(4) The trip inspection report shall

...

(b) specify any defect in the operation of each item listed in section 37.22 (2),

(b.1) specify any defect in the operation of the commercial motor vehicle if that defect, not otherwise described under paragraph (b), may affect the safe operation of the commercial motor vehicle,

(c) state that no defect was discovered or came to the attention of the driver, should that be the case,

...

Essentially the MVAR is stating that the driver must inspect the commercial motor vehicle and record it in the trip inspection. What other type of documentation would you have besides the DVIR to prove you actually conducted the cargo securement inspection?

Source Motor Vehicle Act Regulations

 

Is there no stipulation in the regulations that all on duty activity must be logged as such?