No headlights or front signals, legal daytime?

Western Express??

 

And nowadays a lot of tractors have LED lighting,especially when it concerns headlights,not as simple as switching out a bulb.
Brakes,lights and tires are the most common violations the DOT man will look for. And usually on a Level I or II inspection they will check them.

 

That explains a lot!

 

Freightliner didn’t have much of a choice.
The same issue Ford is dealing with in have LED taillights swiped off of F Series pickup trucks,thieves have been targeting electronic modules in Freightliner trucks and selling them on the black market!
An article on the issue was posted a while back!

 

OK let's ask the right question - how much do you value your CDL?

I hope you PUT your CDL FIRST and not the company bottom line.

You get into an accident, even if it doesn't have anything to do with it, you are on the hook if you get an accident. They can inspect that truck and they will nail you just as much as the company, and they company/their insurance will not defend you.

SO stop making excuses for a company that can afford giving you another truck and shipping that to the dealer, who gives a crap what it costs, it isn't worth losing your CDL if you get into an accident and they inspect the truck AND document a defect.

So what?

You paying for it?

W.E. can afford the $3000 bill, they can give him another truck.

 

If the lights are not working. It is a violation and can place you OOS. You will get hit and so will the company. If I were you I would work with W.E. to get the equipment fixed or have them place you into another truck. They have plenty sitting around the yard. Dont risk your CDL over their BS. If they cant work with you, find another job.

 

Ask your nice boss if he could repair the headlights and turn signals in text messy or something so you have his response in writing about him refusing to fix the truck or telling you to keep driving because he says it legally. I bet he won’t send that message back. If he does that great because you have proof he refused to fix truck that not legal plus him telling you to keep driving even after you said it needs to be fixed. What if it rains and you can’t turn on headlights most states have that law. Plus the other big thing it’s a DOT requirement. It’s part of your pre trip.

If you want keep driving then it was working this morning during pre trip if you got stopped.