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Manitoba driver vehicle inspection report requirements

Your Manitoba driver vehicle inspection report has 6 rules to meet. ReportDraft puts every one on your checklist and checks your draft before you sign.

  • An inspection every 24 hours in service on the regulation's schedule
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Manitoba's Commercial Vehicle Trip Inspection Regulation (M.R. 95/2008, last amended 2024) covers trucks and trailers with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more, buses carrying paying passengers and school buses, and sets a report that both the inspector and the driver sign, with the vehicle and load height and width on every report. Here is each rule with a link to the official text, and what a Manitoba trip inspection report should record.

Last reviewed October 16, 2026 against the official sources listed below.

Driver vehicle inspectionMANITOBA / SAMPLE

Sample notes, 82 words

Carrier: Ridgeline Freight
Driver: Marcus Hale
Date: 10/06/2026, 6:40pm, end of day at the Elm St yard
Unit 214, trailer 5310
Odometer 412,883
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    Audible air leak at the trailer gladhand seal

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    Right steer tire worn to the wear bars on the outer edge

6 Manitoba rules on your checklist, including an inspection every 24 hours in service on the regulation's schedule.

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  • Manitoba lawPerson who performed the inspection (printed name)
  • Manitoba lawHeight and width of the vehicle and load
  • Manitoba lawDefects found

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Carrier's nameRidgeline Freight
Vehicle or unit number214
Trailer number(s)5310
DriverMarcus Hale
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What Manitoba requires

  • The person who inspects for the Schedule A, B, C or E defects prepares a legible written or electronic report without delay with the licence plate or unit number, the odometer reading if there is one, the carrier's name, the date and time, the urban municipality or highway location, and the inspector's printed name, plus a statement signed by the inspector and by the driver that the vehicle was inspected under the regulationCommercial Vehicle Trip Inspection Regulation, M.R. 95/2008, s. 12 (1) (a), (d)
  • Every report records the height and width of the vehicle and load, and when a load is not entirely inside the body, the driver measures and records its height and width, covering every such load carried since the last inspectionM.R. 95/2008, ss. 7 (7), 12 (1) (b)
  • The report says when no minor or major defect was detected, records every minor or major defect detected, and is never false or misleading about a defect or about when, whether or by whom it was repairedM.R. 95/2008, ss. 15, 16 (1), 23
  • Trucks and tractors with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more not used solely for personal transportation, their trailers of 4,500 kg or more, buses carrying passengers for compensation and school buses are inspected every 24 hours in service on the applicable schedule (A trucks and trailers, B buses, C and D motor coaches, E school buses), and again before use after more than 24 hours out of service; the carrier makes sure of itM.R. 95/2008, ss. 1, 3, 7, 11
  • The driver reports a minor defect to the carrier before the next required inspection and a major defect without delay, monitors the vehicle while driving and records any new defect; a major defect is repaired before the vehicle is next driven, and a minor defect before the next scheduled inspection, after which the vehicle may only go straight to the nearest repair facility if safeM.R. 95/2008, ss. 12 (4), 17, 18, 19 (am. M.R. 107/2024)
  • The driver carries the current inspection report and the applicable inspection schedules while driving and produces them to an inspector on demand; an inspector who is not the driver hands the report to the driver, who signs it at once and is then deemed aware of the defects recordedM.R. 95/2008, ss. 6, 12 (5)-(6), 13, 14
  • The driver gives the report to the carrier within 20 days (40 days for a Schedule D report), and the carrier keeps the original reports and any certification of major defect repairs for at least six months and produces them on demandM.R. 95/2008, ss. 21, 22
  • An electronic report holds the same information as a written one, can be produced at once on screen, on paper or in another intelligible form, logs every disconnection and reconnection, and any printed copy is signed on each page by the driver; the carrier also keeps blank forms in the vehicleM.R. 95/2008, s. 12 (3)
  • Not covered: two- or three-axle vehicles hauling the driver's or employer's own primary farm, forest or aquatic products, snow removal vehicles of a traffic authority, Winnipeg and Brandon transit, towed drive-away units, emergency use, and limited-use vehicles under 6,800 kg kept in Manitoba; for a vehicle other than a school bus that is operated that day only within 160 km of the terminal where the driver reports, or a sole owner-operator's only vehicle, the duties to prepare, record defects in and carry the report and to carry the schedules do not apply, though the daily inspection still doesM.R. 95/2008, s. 2

Which vehicles, how often

Trucks, tractors and trailers with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more, buses for hire and school buses are inspected every 24 hours in service on their schedule, and again before use after sitting more than 24 hours. Own-product farm, forest and fishery trips in 2- or 3-axle trucks, snow plows, city transit and emergency use are exempt; on days a truck stays within 160 km of the terminal where its driver reports, or for a sole owner-operator's only truck, the daily inspection is still required but the written report and carried schedules are not.

What the report says and who signs

The report gives the plate or unit number, the odometer reading, the carrier, the date, time and location, the inspector's printed name, and the height and width of the vehicle and load, including any load sticking out past the body. It records each minor and major defect, or says none were detected, and ends with a statement signed by both the inspector and the driver.

Defects and repairs

Report a major defect to the carrier without delay and do not drive until it is fixed; report minor defects before the next inspection and have them repaired by then. Keep monitoring while driving and add anything new to the report. A false report about a defect or its repair is an offence.

Carrying and keeping reports

Carry the current report and the schedules and show them to an inspector on request. Give the report to the carrier within 20 days; the carrier keeps originals at least six months. Electronic reports are fine if they hold the same information and can be produced on the spot, with blank paper forms kept in the vehicle.

Common mistakes

  • No height and width of the vehicle and load.
  • Only the driver's signature when a mechanic did the inspection.
  • No statement when no defects were found.
  • Driving past the next inspection with an unrepaired minor defect.
  • Originals not reaching the carrier within 20 days.

Sources

Last reviewed October 16, 2026. Next review due January 16, 2027. This page explains published rules to help you write your report. It is not legal advice; the official text linked above governs.