Need Help With Theory or Pre-Trip etc?

Use it to jerk off. Oil will lube and be smooth water will evaporate and cause burn.

 

to be honest I had never heard CDL theory before, a simple short explanation would have sufficed.

 

Every driver is required by law to do both pre and post-trip inspections on every vehicle operated during a work period, and that of course includes each trailer if you pull more than one during your shift. As of a few years ago, you no longer have to fill out a DVIR **unless** you find a defect that needs to be corrected. Your company may still require you to complete the DVIRs, however, especially on e-logs. It should be noted that passenger-carrying CDL drivers (Passenger and School Bus endorsements) are still required to complete and submit a DVIR every day.

A couple notes on en-route inspections: flatbed drivers and others requiring specialized securement must stop within 50 miles after loading to re-check and adjust securement if necessary. Additionally, drivers must also check and adjust securement every 3 hours of driving, 150 miles, or at the next change of duty status, whichever comes first.

Hazmat drivers, in addition to their standard inspection requirements also must check their tires at the beginning of a trip, anytime the vehicle is parked, and at the end of the trip. DOT officers have been known to watch placarded trucks at rest areas to try to catch them skipping the parked tire checks. It's good practice to note en-route inspections on your logbooks.

Here's a tip for the new drivers on how to easily and quickly incorporate those inspections into daily practice, and to make them a habit. Anytime I park the truck, say at a rest area for a quick bathroom stop, I make sure to leave the lights on even if I shut the engine off. When I leave the truck to head to the bathroom I'll be walking along one side of the truck and trailer so I look at all the lights to make sure they're all working, I look underneath for any obvious leaks, I check the tires, and I run my hands past the axle hubs to feel for excess heat as I go by. When I come back to the truck I make sure to walk down the other side and do the same thing, thereby getting a full 360 degree vehicle inspection, and all just for taking a pee break.

 

The Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations that were implemented in 2022 specify that any CDL training provider must teach certain theory lessons as part of the required curriculum. So some amount of classroom training is now mandatory for all new CDL students, but the theory portions can be done online in some cases.

 

So there's 2 HOS gurus on this thread?

 

thanks for clarifying.

 

Ask him how he knows this

 

1: Get out of the bunk
2: Look in mirrors, 53 ft. thingy still back there? check.
3: Roll.

 

20 years driving.....probably 1,800,000 miles in all, 5 pre-trips.

 

I want to hear the answer to the right/left turn inside/outside lane question. I know the real answer. No need for debate. Seems no one else knows the real answer.