Question On My DAC Report
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I may be mistaken but I believe yours is NOT reportable as DOT reportable accidents involve a fatality or atleast 1 vehicle needing to be towed from the scene. I believe yours would just be counted as a preventable.
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.
Companies do not usually report on your DAC until after you leave. Then there is a time frame, like 30 days or something. and you can appeal. The new company will contact the old one for references and inquire about your record.
DOT Reportable = FAT
Fatality Ambulance (injury) Tow (any vehicle)
Otherwise it is usually an incident, although I know Safety once told me the dollar amount of the damage could be an issue. Companies can also remove or down grade an occurance. Therefore it can really pay to be the best you can be, be respectful and quit in a professional manner.
For example my friend went to Fedex, but had 1 accident and 1 incident in a 3 year period. Fedex only accept one, period. Prime removed the incident, allowing her to get hired at Fedex.
Put a year in from your incident and i bet you will have no issues. I just tested the waters out of curiosity, and with 3+ years accident free, I was approved the same day at a good company. But the grass isnt always greener and i hate change.
good luck
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.
DAC:
Drive-A-Check Report
A truck drivers DAC report will contain detailed information about their job history of the last 10 years as a CDL driver (as required by the DOT).
It may also contain your criminal history, drug test results, DOT infractions and accident history. The program is strictly voluntary from a company standpoint, but most of the medium-to-large carriers will participate.
Most trucking companies use DAC reports as part of their hiring and background check process. It is extremely important that drivers verify that the information contained in it is correct, and have it fixed if it's not.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
I would still disclose it to a company, but I wouldn't worry about it. Stuff like that happens all the time. A kid backed into me at a TA and put a decent sized gash in my hood. I brought it to a body shop and it was only $1k and it didn't even meet the deductible. The company just cut me a com check and the body shop bondo'ed it up and i was on the road.
No company should hold that against you. I bet even Walmart wouldn’t hold that one against you but I wouldn’t actually bet on that.
Rainy, one thing I learned very young is to leave your company in good standing. Not sure what its life to leave a company in the trucking business, but I really like the people I work for and they have been good to me so the last thing I would do is drop the ball on them. Thanks for the info...
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I'm coming up on my first full year solo over the road and the only blemish was my accident in a truck stop breaking a headlight my first month. I was curious to see if that was on there and it wasn't. I'm considering looking for a job with the little better home time and I noticed in most driving jobs requirements the question about reportable accidents. So if this broken headlight wasn't on the DAC report am I right to consider it not a reportable accident? I always believe in being upfront but if it wasn't reported would would you still tell a possible employer about it?
Over The Road:
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.
DAC:
Drive-A-Check Report
A truck drivers DAC report will contain detailed information about their job history of the last 10 years as a CDL driver (as required by the DOT).
It may also contain your criminal history, drug test results, DOT infractions and accident history. The program is strictly voluntary from a company standpoint, but most of the medium-to-large carriers will participate.
Most trucking companies use DAC reports as part of their hiring and background check process. It is extremely important that drivers verify that the information contained in it is correct, and have it fixed if it's not.