[TITLE: HOW TO READ THE MVI (MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION- DECAL AND DO A CDL PRE-TRIP INSPECTION | Pre Trip Inspection Smart]
Hi there, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about the MVI decal. All commercial
vehicles have an MVI decal - the Motor Vehicle inspection. Commercial vehicles have to have
an annual inspection to ensure the safe operation of the vehicle. School buses will have it
every six months. And as part of your pre trip inspection you have to ensure that the
MVI decals--the safety decals--are valid. If they are expired and you get pulled onto
a scale, you're going to get a fine. If you get a fine, you're going to end up working
the day for free. And nobody wants to work for free. We'll be right back to talk to you
about that.
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Hi there, Rick, welcome back. Talking to you today about
the MVI decal, or the safety decal that is on all commercial vehicles. On tractor-trailer
units, it's on the passenger door, either down on the little window down at the bottom as
you can see here in the image, or it's up on the top of the passenger window. It's kind
of a pain if it's up on the top of the passenger window because if the window's rolled down
often times it can't be seen. However, one of those things that if they can't put it
on the door, they put it up on the passenger window. If it's on the trailer, it's on the
front passenger side corner, as you can see here in the image. If it's on a van, it'll
be on the front windshield on the passenger side up in the top. If it's on a bus, or school
bus, it'll be on the door. If there isn't a place they can put it near the passenger side,
as you can see here in the image there's a little window on the side of the school bus
and it's there located on the side of the school bus. For the most part, school buses
and trucks will have an annual MVI (motor vehicle inspection) that will be up to date.
It's unlikely that the truck or bus is going to be out of date. Where you're going to find
an annual inspection sticker that is out of date is on the trailer. So drivers operating
truck and trailer unit, it is important to check the sticker on the trailer. As well,
how to read the sticker - how to know when it expires. And this comes down to that ole'
saying: "When all else fails, read the directions." It's right on the sticker. Expires the last
day of the month shown. So you look for the last day: some of them will cut it out to
the last month. If it's July, for example, it'll be July 31st of whatever year is shown
on the expiry decal. So when all else fails, read the decal, figure out what date it expires
because you don't want to call the company and say: "Ah by the way, the MVI decal's expired
on this trailer!" And they say: "Ah...no it's not; it's good to the end of the month." So
know that it's always good until the end of the month. If you want to be really technical
about it, it's 11:59pm at the end of the month. One other piece of information that you need
to know about the MVI decal is is as you can see, there's a number on it. The number corresponds
to the paperwork in the truck. In the truck there will be an MVI report that is part of
the registration and licence of the vehicle. There will be one for the truck and there
will be one for the trailer. In the case of a bus there will only be one. But for truck
and trailer unit there will be one for the trailer - it'll be on the trailer, located
with the paperwork for the trailer. The truck, it'll be inside the cab with the registration
and insurance. When you get pulled into a scale--when and if you get pulled into a scale--part
of the paperwork that you have to take inside is the MVI report for the truck and trailer.
Or the MVI report, registration and licence for the bus or other vehicle that you may
have. All commercial vehicles have MVI decals. All commercial vehicles have to have an annual
or semi-annual inspection to ensure the safety of the vehicle. As a commercial driver it
is your responsibility to ensure that these decals are up to date and valid. You cannot
operate a vehicle that has an expired safety decal. If the safety decal is expired, the
vehicle is out-of-service and cannot be operated until it has an annual inspection. I'm Rick
with Smart Drive Test. Thanks for watching. Remember: pick the best answer, not necessarily
the right answer. Have a great day! If you like the channel, subscribe below, hit that
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