How does a PA Driver/vehicle inspection affect me?

ajohnson · Mar 2, 2016

Ridgeline said: ↑

Sorry dude, if I was the op, I would have an issue, he was told to drive the vehicle. His responbility under the law is limited because of the due diligence of the company to make sure the vehicle is legal. It is the same as if he was told to drive the company car and got pulled over but the cops ran the plate and found out that the insurance was canceled and the plate was stolen. He can't call the insurance company or the stare first to see that the vehicle is street legal.

His responbility isn't to know what is needed to make the vehicle legal, that is on the company.
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I agree in principal, but under the law, they are both likely to be held responsible, ignorance to the law is not a legal excuse. If a driver without a hazmat endorsement was told to haul a hazmat load and he did it because "he didn't know better" would he not still be screwed if he got caught?

Tom Instan · Mar 3, 2016

Ridgeline said: ↑

Sorry dude, if I was the op, I would have an issue, he was told to drive the vehicle. His responbility under the law is limited because of the due diligence of the company to make sure the vehicle is legal. It is the same as if he was told to drive the company car and got pulled over but the cops ran the plate and found out that the insurance was canceled and the plate was stolen. He can't call the insurance company or the stare first to see that the vehicle is street legal.

His responbility isn't to know what is needed to make the vehicle legal, that is on
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