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7. Make Sure Your Truck Is Inspected
Making sure that your truck is properly inspected before each trip can eliminate CSA violations and by that, it will prevent truck accidents. Finding a glitch before it pops up on the surface is important for the safety of the truck driver, the safety of the freight and the safety of other traffic participants.
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The pre trip inspections are specially designed to find the defect when the truck is parked in a parking lot not when he is driving on the highway among the other drivers. Mechanical and other truck parts or trailer parts checks can save a lot of lives.
Here is the list of things that need to be checked:
- Steering system
- Fluid levels (truck radiator, brake fluid, oil)
- Truck Lights
- Reflectors
- Coupling
- Brakes
- Inflation of the tires
- Tread
- Doors
- Truck Mirrors
- Fire extinguishers
- Windshield wipers
Checking the brakes is one of the most important things that need to be performed before every trip. Despite the fact that requires more time it never should be overlooked. The brake checkups need to be performed from the outside and the inside of the truck. The truck brakes are in the 6th place from 20 spots for caused truck accidents.
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You need to check if the brakes were adjusted properly by checking the brake adjustment with the slack adjustment. Also, you need to check the air lines for leaks.
When your truck is inspected properly you can avoid thing like this:
