switchlogic:
adam277:
rob22888:
10 minutes tops if you pull out all the stops. We are carrying out a brief inspection, not an MOT.Check fluids, check lights, check tyres, nothing visually untoward with the wheel nuts, check loads secure, check nothings hanging off, listen for airleaks, check the pin. Hit the road.
That’s true.
But lets say you have a man on the roof of your trailer. You would have no way of knowing. Yet you would be 100% responsible for going out the yard with a man on your roof.
Or if a rivet snaps off and hits a drivers windscreen.I’m not saying vehicle checks should take all day. Or even a hour.
Just a rant that vehicle checks are often rushed yet if anything does happen because of rushed checks we are responsible.You’re sounding like Carryfast now. There’s levels of responsibility, very few things are 100% one way or 0% the other.
In theory ye.
If you are in a regular truck or with a good company you have nothing to fear.
But if you are a cab hopper or agency driver.
If someone goes wrong. Your the easiest person to blame and most companies will throw you under the bus.
This thread doesnt really apply to tramping or people who only drive the same truck. It’s more applicable to cab hoppers. e.g. on supermarkets you can be in 2-3 diff vehicles a day.