Source: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/print/regulations/title49/section/396.11?display=guidance
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 00:14:15+00:00

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Question 1: Does §396.11  require the DVIR to be turned in each day by a driver dispatched on a trip of more than one day’s duration?
Question 2: Does §396.11  require that the power unit and the trailer be inspected?
Question 4: Does §396.11  require a motor carrier to use a specific type of DVIR?
Question 5: Does §396.11  require a separate DVIR for each vehicle and a combination of vehicles or is one report adequate to cover the entire combination?
Question 6: Does §396.11(c)  require a motor carrier to effect repairs of all items listed on a DVIR prepared by a driver before the vehicle is subsequently driven?
Question 7: What constitutes a "certification" as required by §396.11(c)(1)  and (2) ?
Question 8: Who must certify under §396.11(c)  that repairs have been made when a motor vehicle is repaired en route by the driver or a commercial repair facility?
Guidance: A leasing company has no responsibility to comply with §396.11  unless it is the carrier. It is the responsibility of a motor carrier to comply with part 396  regardless of whether the vehicles are owned or leased.
Question 14: In instances where the DVIR has not been prepared or cannot be located, is it permissible under §396.11  for a driver to prepare a DVIR based on a pretrip inspection and a short drive of a motor vehicle?
Guidance: Yes. §396.11  of the FMCSRs places the responsibility on the motor carrier to require its drivers to prepare and submit the DVIR. If, in unusual circumstances, the DVIR has not been prepared or cannot be located the motor carrier may cause a road test and inspection to be performed for safety of operation and the DVIR to be prepared.
Guidance: Yes, but the retention requirements of §396.11  and §395.8  must be met.
Question 16: Does §396.11  require that specific parts and accessories that are inspected be identified on the DVIR?
Question 17: Is the Ontario pretrip/posttrip inspection report acceptable as a DVIR under §396.11 ?
Guidance: Yes, provided the report from the preceding trip is carried on board the motor vehicle while in operation and all entries required by §396.11  and 396.13  are contained on the reports.
Guidance: Since §396.11  is not specific, the DVIRs may be kept at either the motor carrier’s principal place of business or the location where the vehicle is housed or maintained.
Question 20: Is a multi-day DVIR acceptable under §396.11  and 396.13 ?
Guidance: Yes, provided all information and certifications required by §§396.11  and 396.13  are contained on the report.
Question 22: Are motor carriers required to retain the "legible copy" of the last vehicle inspection report (referenced in §396.11(c)(3) ) which is carried on the power unit?
Question 23: Does the record retention requirement of §396.11(c)(2)  apply to all DVIRs, or only those reports on which defects or deficiencies have been noted?
Guidance: Section 396.11(a)  requires every driver to prepare a DVIR at the completion of each day’s work on each vehicle operated. A driver who operates two or more vehicles in a 24-hour-period must prepare a DVIR at the completion of the tour of duty in each vehicle.
Question 25: Section 396.11  requires the driver, at the completion of each day’s work, to prepare a written report on each vehicle operated that day. Does this section require a "post trip inspection" of the kind described in §396.15 ?
Guidance: No. However, the written report must include all defects in the parts and accessories listed in §396.11(a)  that were discovered by or reported to the driver during that day.
Guidance: No. Section 396.11  does not establish minimum qualifications for motor carrier officials or agents who certify that defects or deficiencies on DVIRs are corrected. With the exception of individuals performing the periodic or annual inspection (§396.19 ), and motor carrier employees responsible for ensuring that brake-related inspection, repair, or maintenance tasks are performed correctly (§396.25 ), Part 396  of the FMCSRs does not establish minimum qualifications for maintenance personnel. Motor carriers, therefore, are not prohibited from having DVIRs certified by company officials or agents who do not have experience repairing or maintaining commercial motor vehicles.

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