What would you do?

Forcing you to drive dangerous equipment is not a hiccup it's a major problem. Quit and move on. Yes it sucks but there are honest safe companies out there. Is this one of the major companies?

 

DO NOT USE THIS TRUCK!!!!!!!!!

 

§ 392.7: Equipment, inspection and use.


(a) No commercial motor vehicle shall be driven unless the driver is satisfied that the following parts and accessories are in good working order, nor shall any driver fail to use or make use of such parts and accessories when and as needed:

Service brakes, including trailer brake connections. Parking (hand) brake. Steering mechanism. Lighting devices and reflectors. Tires. Horn. Windshield wiper or wipers. Rear-vision mirror or mirrors. Coupling devices. Wheels and rims.Emergency equipment.



Regulations are pretty clear.

 

It is your right AND responsibility to refuse unsafe work. You can't just play ignorant and say you didn't know. You will be held just as accountable as your boss if someone were to get killed or injured because your trailer fell off. I've been the new guy more than once in my life. Even now I'd rather get fired than have to deal with the consequences of "what if"

 

If you aren't satisfied that the vehicle is safe to operate, you don't operate it. Jobs are a dime a dozen, but you only have one life. Lose your CDL or get yourself locked up due to a malfunction on the road and you won't have this job...or any other in this industry for that matter.

Ask yourself if you'd want that truck on the road next to your wife & kids in the condition it is in. If not, don't drive it near somebody else's wife & kids. If you lose this job after refusing to drive a dangerous vehicle, there will be another one. If you lose this job following a wreck because you drove the dangerous vehicle, that next job will be a heck of a lot harder to find.

 

If you really want it you gotta pound the pavement man. Jobs aren't just walking up to peoples doorsteps nowadays.


Especially trucking jobs. Decent ones anyway

 

Go to a temp agency and get some work in a warehouse or get into the trades. Not sure what your background is.