document pre-trip inspection for 100 mile air radius rule??

You should always do a pre trip no matter what. It is also a good idea to do one on your car before you head out. The reasons are many.

Yes they do. If DOT get's a hold of you and you didn't document the pre trip you will pay for it.

 

Post trip is the same as a pre trip....just after the trip is done.

 

Some jurisdictions don't require a Post Trip.

 

She asked what one was...don't see where I said it was required...

 

Actually in the regs it is rather odd.
Since all it says for pretrip is that you have to read over the prior days inspection and sign off on it.
Does not say you have to do both. I prefer to do a full post trip and then a quick pretrip.
Since if I have any issues that I find on the post trip it will give me a chance to get them fixed before it is time to roll again.
My company however says I have to do a 15 min pretrip and at least 5 min for post.

But for the first posters question. Yes, you have to do a daily inspection and you have to fill out and sign the inspection form. Even if you are under the 100 air mile.
All the 100 mile exemption is for is logs. And this is because if you fall under this your hours must be documented by the company. You cannot work more than 12 hours a day. And you must be off 1 day a week.

I just read your post again.
If this is a commercial truck. Then you have to have a written inspection report done every day. I have never heard read otherwise anywhere. In this case the post trip is most important for each driver to do. Then the driver coming in for his shift will need to review that and sign that he read it. Then when his shift is done he needs to do one.
Any safety issue that is noted on the inspection needs to be fixed. Then once fixed signed off by the mechanic or driver that fixes it.

 

Being an intrastate operation 396.11 does not apply. Alabama mirrors Federal Law except for an exemption for under 26,001


(5) A commercial motor vehicle operated in intrastate commerce which does not equal or exceed 26,001 pounds, except a motor vehicle, regardless of weight, which is designed or used to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver, or which is used in the transportation of hazardous materials and required to be placarded pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F, shall be exempt from the federal motor carrier regulations otherwise made applicable in this state pursuant to subsection (a). For purposes of this subdivision, "commercial motor vehicle" means a commercial motor vehicle as defined in 49 C.F.R. §390.5.


So as long as you do not cross any state line and you do not haul 16 passengers or haz-mat you are exempt from 396.11.

 

If they are intrastate none of that applies until 26001 is exceeded. Now should they be doing pre-trips? Hell I pretrip my Dodge before going anywhere