Can you explain some more details on how you were "stuck"?
Hi Ivan,
Wait a couple weeks and go to hireright website and get a copy of your DAC report and see what the carrier put on it. If it's listed as a preventable accident then you're going to have to disclose that in your job application.
Here's the website: https://www.hireright.com/
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.
The circle is where I got stuck whent tru a back road and taught I could make it tru the restaurant parking lot
I made a similar Dumb S. rookie mistake a week back.
I had missed the turn to the on ramp for the interstate that I was to follow. Ended up having to continue on this two lane highway all the way to next small town to turnaround.
I’m plan was to circle some blocks and head back to the interstate.
Well, smart guy that I am, I spotted an empty parking lot with an entrance and exit that just might work. So I head for it and get into the lot fine. However the exit has a dang post on the left side that I can’t get by. Didn’t see it before or wouldn’t have tried this.
So now I have to backup the trailer and pivot around hard on the tandems to get turned around to go out the entrance with no posts.
I managed to pull it off with no damage, but will never make that mistake again!
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".
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".
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
I tried to go tru the back of the restaurant and o got my back tractor tires stuck between a curb and a trailer and the tires couldn’t spin no more I tried to keep going so my truck whent over the curb to the grass and also got stuck had to report to safety and they called a tow tu pick me up and let me loose
The circle is where I got stuck whent tru a back road and taught I could make it tru the restaurant parking lot
Can you explain some more details on how you were "stuck"?
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Sounds like you definitely had a preventable incident as many rookie drivers will in the first year. What did you learn from this?
It's always best to stop and evaluate your situation and surroundings before proceeding blindly. "Hoping for the best" is never a recommended game plan. Parking lots have a way of looking great from a distance, especially when one needs to turn around. These can also turn into The Bermuda Triangle once you are in the lot. Remaining on surface streets is usually a safer option.
If you follow the advice we tell of sticking with your first company for a minimum of a year, this will likely not have a negative impact.
I feel so dumb I was doing great making deliveries on time making 500 miles a day and then this had to Happen and yeah I learned from this big time
Sounds like you definitely had a preventable incident as many rookie drivers will in the first year. What did you learn from this?
It's always best to stop and evaluate your situation and surroundings before proceeding blindly. "Hoping for the best" is never a recommended game plan. Parking lots have a way of looking great from a distance, especially when one needs to turn around. These can also turn into The Bermuda Triangle once you are in the lot. Remaining on surface streets is usually a safer option.
If you follow the advice we tell of sticking with your first company for a minimum of a year, this will likely not have a negative impact.
I had the chance to go back but I didn’t take it I regret it so bad
I made a similar Dumb S. rookie mistake a week back.
I had missed the turn to the on ramp for the interstate that I was to follow. Ended up having to continue on this two lane highway all the way to next small town to turnaround.
I’m plan was to circle some blocks and head back to the interstate.
Well, smart guy that I am, I spotted an empty parking lot with an entrance and exit that just might work. So I head for it and get into the lot fine. However the exit has a dang post on the left side that I can’t get by. Didn’t see it before or wouldn’t have tried this.
So now I have to backup the trailer and pivot around hard on the tandems to get turned around to go out the entrance with no posts.
I managed to pull it off with no damage, but will never make that mistake again!
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".
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".
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
I agree with Pack Rat.
Just as a heads up most companies will consider any "off road" excursions that result in a tow preventable. Same for driving through grass, the company has to pay to fix it so they will consider that preventable as well.
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I’m a rookie first week on my own company truck I had just done a 7 state run and was heading home I did a wrong turn and ended up getting stuck in whataburger parking lot they had to call a tow truck to get me out nothing was damage on the truck and they have posted it on my profile as a preventable accident will that effect my future in any way in the trucking business