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<blockquote data-quote="104Feeder" data-source="post: 1086072" data-attributes="member: 42554"><p>What I've researched says that stopping just for tire inspections only applies to placarded vehicles (397.17). However, you should be doing a brief inspection of your tires, lights, and coupling devices anytime you leave the sight of your vehicle (i.e. going to the restroom), and of course anytime you suspect something might not be right such as losing air pressure or signs your lights are out on the rear box etc. </p><p></p><p>As for the "when is the last time you found a bad tire?" question, many times I could answer "yesterday". If you keep to the requirements in 393.75 quite a few tires will not pass muster. That said, overall UPS does a pretty good job of keeping satisfactory tires in our front line equipment.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't push the stopping for inspection's sake thing too far, that's a Beverly Calhoon path. If you act reasonably & keep some notes about what problems caused you to stop you should be OK, but having it happen every single day at the same time would raise red flags.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="104Feeder, post: 1086072, member: 42554"] What I've researched says that stopping just for tire inspections only applies to placarded vehicles (397.17). However, you should be doing a brief inspection of your tires, lights, and coupling devices anytime you leave the sight of your vehicle (i.e. going to the restroom), and of course anytime you suspect something might not be right such as losing air pressure or signs your lights are out on the rear box etc. As for the "when is the last time you found a bad tire?" question, many times I could answer "yesterday". If you keep to the requirements in 393.75 quite a few tires will not pass muster. That said, overall UPS does a pretty good job of keeping satisfactory tires in our front line equipment. I wouldn't push the stopping for inspection's sake thing too far, that's a Beverly Calhoon path. If you act reasonably & keep some notes about what problems caused you to stop you should be OK, but having it happen every single day at the same time would raise red flags. [/QUOTE]
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