Citation In FL; GA MVR Still Reflects Accident
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Thank you all for your kindness and valuable information. Update: My husband, Dewey, hired a lawyer in Jacksonville who said he is 99% sure he can get this straightened out in Duval Co., FL, then it goes to Tallahassee, then to our state of GEORGIA. With the careless driving removed from his MVR here in GA, he should be able to get a driving job, finally. (Btw, Dewey was NOT driving carelessly, rest assured!) What a ride this has been! I will update ya'll when things start to happen. It takes time. Yes, it has cost us additional money, but as Cornelius said above, he has never regretted paying his lawyer to get it fixed!
MVR:
Motor Vehicle Record
An MVR is a report of your driving history, as reported from your state Department of Motor Vehicles. Information on this report may include Drivers License information, point history, violations, convictions, and license status on your driving record.
I have a question maybe someone might be able to answer. Lets say our attorney in FL is able to get Dewey a clean GA MVR. Won't that accident still show up on his DAC Report, thus preventing him from being hired somewhere ??? I'm very concerned about this.
MVR:
Motor Vehicle Record
An MVR is a report of your driving history, as reported from your state Department of Motor Vehicles. Information on this report may include Drivers License information, point history, violations, convictions, and license status on your driving record.
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.
I have a question maybe someone might be able to answer. Lets say our attorney in FL is able to get Dewey a clean GA MVR. Won't that accident still show up on his DAC Report, thus preventing him from being hired somewhere ??? I'm very concerned about this.
Hiya, Ms. Dewey; I'm a trucker's wife, as well. My guy's been doing this for quite a long time, but when we used to 'pull his DAC' (I think you get one free a year) here is the link we used.
Wouldn't hurt to go for it, while you await the other outcome(s!)
Drive'A'Check report link (DAC)
MVR:
Motor Vehicle Record
An MVR is a report of your driving history, as reported from your state Department of Motor Vehicles. Information on this report may include Drivers License information, point history, violations, convictions, and license status on your driving record.
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.
My DAC report came two days ago. It was interesting to go thru. My first non preventable accident that occurred on 3 Nov 2015 in my home state of Idaho (pickup ran a stop sign, hit my drives and tandems....had to be towed away) has never shown up on the report. Truck was damaged but driveable. Young guy got several different tickets.
2d accident was on 880 in Oakland CA during 5 mph rush hour. A passenger van decided to come in front of me without turn signals and hit my steers. This didn't appear on my DAC either. LE wrote up the report.
3d accident is on my record and says non preventable on the report. It occurred on 880 in Oakland CA, just past the first exit where traffic merges into the right lane and a quarter mile or so merged again to the left. She got the ticket....probably because of her attitude ;-) but also because she went into the emergency lane to get around me.
4th one was at the Love's in Dodge City KS. I was stopped behind a truck on the fuel island. Never saw the guy get back in his truck. Next thing I know he rolled back into me. Listed on my report as non preventable. Other truck left the scene. The backing one I did this past summer at the Flying Pilot at exit 10 in WI, was my fault. It was a little bump/dent and it's not shown up (yet).
Sometimes those incidents don't get reported for awhile. So, it may not show now but in 6-8 mths it does.
Hiya, Ms. Dewey; I'm a trucker's wife, as well. My guy's been doing this for quite a long time, but when we used to 'pull his DAC' (I think you get one free a year) here is the link we used.
Wouldn't hurt to go for it, while you await the other outcome(s!)
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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In my little traffic brush ups , i will elect to have the case reopen and have a lawyer represent me... Ran into some trouble in GA that was more complicated than that a couple of years back 20 mph over the speed limit and child not secured in a safety seat (the mom was too tired to do so , got no kids ao not an expert on those) , paid all the fines and thought i was done only to be pulled over one day by a small town officer in illinois for driving under a suspended license for a case that happened in GA... Come to find out, even though i had paid all the fines, the charge with the smallest of fines... The $25.00 one for the child seat case carried the heftiest of penalties .... since i di not appeared in court personally, it turned into a child endangerment case with more dire penalties ... Called a lawyer to whom i paid $500.00 who went and reopened the case and was able to get everything dismiss and the verdict got transmitted to the IL Secretary of State who reinstated my license 2 days later. Reopening the case was worth it and i have never regretted that $500.00
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.