Profile For Amanda K.

It’s not about my feelings or anyone’s feelings. I appreciate your comments, however, not helpful. Of course it was the drivers fault. Of course he learned from the mistake. But that’s not really what I’m asking here. Thank you though

Who told your friend that it would be on his record for 7 years?

Are you a driver yourself? If you are, then you would know, unless you are a brand new driver also, that it is up to the company whether they report it as an incident or as an accident. It has nothing to do with dollar amount that they spent for repairs or how severe the situation was. You would also know, that it wouldn't be on his record for 7 years, but only 3 years. Was this friend fired for this incident/accident?

If you aren't a driver, then why are you getting involved in this person's business? What is it that you want us to help you with?

Tell him to get his DAC record:

DAC Record

Once a year is free. Any more requests after that is $10 a request. It may take upwards of a month if they have reported it to get recorded. If they kept him on and didn't fire him, then I wouldn't even order one for a while, because as time goes on, beginners have incidents and accidents and that way down the road he can get a free one and look to see what all was recorded.

Maybe this just is not the place for me to ask opinions about trucking? I assumed it was but I suppose I was wrong.

It’s not about my feelings or anyone’s feelings. I appreciate your comments, however, not helpful. Of course it was the drivers fault. Of course he learned from the mistake. But that’s not really what I’m asking here. Thank you though

Who told your friend that it would be on his record for 7 years?

Are you a driver yourself? If you are, then you would know, unless you are a brand new driver also, that it is up to the company whether they report it as an incident or as an accident. It has nothing to do with dollar amount that they spent for repairs or how severe the situation was. You would also know, that it wouldn't be on his record for 7 years, but only 3 years. Was this friend fired for this incident/accident?

If you aren't a driver, then why are you getting involved in this person's business? What is it that you want us to help you with?

Tell him to get his DAC record:

DAC Record

Once a year is free. Any more requests after that is $10 a request. It may take upwards of a month if they have reported it to get recorded. If they kept him on and didn't fire him, then I wouldn't even order one for a while, because as time goes on, beginners have incidents and accidents and that way down the road he can get a free one and look to see what all was recorded.

A letter in the mail says 7 years. Mailed from his company he works for. I am not a driver. We were just both trying to look for opinions on this because for many reasons he’s wanting to find another job, and he’s worried that an accident on his record would stop anyone from wanting to hire him.

Amanda, it had to go to a mechanic to be repaired. That means it's broken or damaged.

to be on record for 7 years I feel is not what this calls for.

Trucking has zero tolerance for our "feelings." It's all about performance. This was a bad performance for the driver. We live and learn. We don't learn anything by minimizing levels of damage. Do you think the driver learned an important lesson? Do you think you can learn from this also?

If you can learn from it you will be a lot more supportive and helpful to this driver. You must be close to them to take this up as you have. You can really help them be successful at this by understanding the dynamics of a performance based job. Get past your feelings about it and focus on productivity, safety, and being easy to work with.

Move forward. Don't get bogged down thinking the company is being cruel. It's the reality of trucking. We have to be almost spotless to keep our jobs. Work on establishing that spotless record. That's what it takes. There are a lot of drivers out here with millions of miles of perfectly safe driving. Strive for that and stay focused on how well you can do this job.

It’s not about my feelings or anyone’s feelings. I appreciate your comments, however, not helpful. Of course it was the drivers fault. Of course he learned from the mistake. But that’s not really what I’m asking here. Thank you though

the airlines did come out of the tractor so they did need to be put back in

That information changes everything. Something did get broken or damaged.

So what is it you want to know? I wouldn't split hairs over whether this is an accident or incident. It's the driver's fault.

When we make mistakes that require someone to make repairs, we get consequences. Trucking is performance based. That is something that works for us or against us. We do our best to put the power of our performance in our favor.

So the person who put the airlines back in said it was no big deal they just came out and needed reconnecting. So he reconnected them, he didn’t have to replace anything. I wouldn’t really say that was damaged or broke. But either way, to report this as an “accident” and to be on record for 7 years I feel is not what this calls for. I feel like it’s an incident, but I don’t know that’s why I came to ask others who have more experience

If a driver was uncoupling, and forgot to unhook the airlines, would that be considered an accident or an incident? More information: Driver started to pull off and forgot to disconnect the airlines. The airlines did not break. Nothing was broken or damaged at all. Nobody was hurt, nothing was hit. Was still in the yard during this incident.

I also need to add that the airlines did come out of the tractor so they did need to be put back in

I am asking for another driver, and at that time he didn’t know that nothing was broken. Not until he went to have it “repaired” he’s a brand new driver and has a brand new 2025 truck so he wanted to make sure it was ok. I think he assumed it was broke. Anyways, the company reported this incident as an accident on his record and says he will have a reported accident on his record for 7 years

If a driver was uncoupling, and forgot to unhook the airlines, would that be considered an accident or an incident? More information: Driver started to pull off and forgot to disconnect the airlines. The airlines did not break. Nothing was broken or damaged at all. Nobody was hurt, nothing was hit. Was still in the yard during this incident.