How Does An Accident Affect You?
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Did you fight the citation? What were you cited for?
As in - got the witnesses info, and took it to court? I'd have fought the citation.
A DOT reportable accident - is any accident that requires a vehicle to be towed, or results in an injury that requires the injured party to be taken from the scene in an ambulance.
Due to the lack of injuries - and probably minimal property damage, this would likely be treated like any other fender bender (despite it being a DOT Reportable).
As far as getting on Walmart (and are we talking Walmart Corp employee or someone else's dedicated?), Walmart Corp is probably the strictest as far as hiring requirements. Since this went down as an "at fault" - whatever "elapsed time requirement" since an accident, would likely apply.
Rick
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Did you fight the citation? What were you cited for?
As in - got the witnesses info, and took it to court? I'd have fought the citation.
A DOT reportable accident - is any accident that requires a vehicle to be towed, or results in an injury that requires the injured party to be taken from the scene in an ambulance.
Due to the lack of injuries - and probably minimal property damage, this would likely be treated like any other fender bender (despite it being a DOT Reportable).
As far as getting on Walmart (and are we talking Walmart Corp employee or someone else's dedicated?), Walmart Corp is probably the strictest as far as hiring requirements. Since this went down as an "at fault" - whatever "elapsed time requirement" since an accident, would likely apply.
Rick
Walmart's Private Fleet requires 3 consecutive years of accident free OTR driving.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
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I just wondering how badly a DOT reportable accident affects me? I was in a fender bender a year ago, a woman ran a stop sign texting in a parking lot and hit my reefer tank. Her car was towed away, state trooper shows up and gives me a ticket when 5 other people told him it wasn't my fault they saw the whole thing. Just found out swift wrote it down as a DOT. I'm currently a trainer for Werner. But now my goals of going to the Walmart fleet in two years have apparently come to an end. Will this affect me negatively for more years to come? It's pretty upsetting to say the very least..
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.