When is a pre-trip inspection required?
- If a warning light comes on the dashboard
- If there is visible damage
- Daily ✓
- Weekly
Answer: C. Daily
A pre-trip inspection is required daily, before starting the day's trip.
Why this is the answer
The truck handbook describes the daily vehicle inspection, also called a circle check or pre-trip inspection, as something done before the day's trip begins. It says this daily inspection is required by the Highway Traffic Act, and that a driver must complete an inspection every 24-hour period and keep watching the vehicle's condition during the trip. A driver may not drive a truck unless they or another person inspected it within the previous 24 hours. That makes daily the correct timing, not waiting for a warning or damage.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. If a warning light comes on the dashboard — A dashboard warning light is not what triggers the inspection; the inspection is required daily before the trip starts.
- B. If there is visible damage — Visible damage is not the trigger either; the handbook requires an inspection every 24-hour period regardless of whether damage is seen.
- D. Weekly — Weekly is too infrequent, because the handbook sets the requirement at every 24-hour period.
Remember it
Treat the circle check like part of starting the truck each day, not something you do only after a problem appears.
Official handbook: Official MTO Truck Handbook, Daily trip inspection — classes A and D