From an article in Land Line Magazine titled ‘New chassis inspection process draws complaints’:
The Intermodal Conference of the California Trucking Association says the change is unnecessary and has added inefficiency to a delicate and important part of the economy: truckers.”The end result is the highways are a little safer, the docks are a little safer, and anybody who’s been given a bum chassis finds out before they get ticketed by the CHP.” — Craig Merrilees, ILWU spokesperson.
The issue needs to be solved – and soon – according to Alex Cherin, executive director of the CTA’s Intermodal Conference. Cherin criticized the new inspection system in a statement issued by CTA on Friday, June 5.
Craig Merrilees, a spokesman with ILWU, told Land Line Monday that the chassis inspection process has been underway for more than a year at some southern California ports. Merrilees said truck drivers who own their own chassis need only to present chassis inspectors with paperwork and “they’re waved through.”
“If they’ve got one of the chassis that are covered, they go through a quick inspection and the end result is the highways are a little safer, the docks are a little safer, and anybody who’s been given a bum chassis finds out before they get ticketed by the CHP,” Merrilees said.
