I had three accidents

I had three accidents. My trailer struck a fire hydrant while turning out a drive way, my bumper struck a yellow marker pole while at the shipper, and my truck got stuck in the mud. The company fired me after the 3rd accident.

Does anyone know of a trucking company that will hire a driver with three accidents on file?

I've been told I would have to wait six months to a year before I would even be considered by most trucking companies.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

For alias I will say best of luck in your search.
Striking solid objects is not good especially Fire Hydrants as it shows one as careless.
Striking yellow marker poles anywhere isn't good either however unless you tore up the trailer, I wouldn't be concerned about that move. I've struck many yellow poles in the first year of driving OTR and usually at tight locations.
Getting stuck in mud is a problem as it shows carelessness for not considering the entire area before proceeding.
--I know of no trucking company that will hire anyone with 3 preventable accidents/situations, much less 1 or 2--
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For DAVE,
It depends entirely upon the nature of the preventable and whether or not one was convicted of it.
I had an accident in a CMV where I rear-ended a 4 wheeler yet the case was dismissed by the D. A. however it is still listed on my MVR as far as Accident, 4/03.

Ones DAC/USIS record contains information as it is reported TO DAC/USIS and if it is wrong (which is quite common) one has to then use the DISPUTE FORM to change/correct/update the information.
I did this last year with a speeding ticket that was reduced to Improper Equipment-Speedometer.
go to www.usis.com and click Customer Service for the required Form(s).

EVERYONE is allowed 1 FREE report a year which is usually the 20/20 (Criminal and Driving Record) report.
Job History is separate.
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I hope something in this post helps someone.

alias in Fort Washington, Maryland said: I had three accidents. My trailer struck a fire hydrant while turning out a drive way, my bumper struck a yellow marker pole while at the shipper, and my truck got stuck in the mud. The company fired me after the 3rd accident.

Does anyone know of a trucking company that will hire a driver with three accidents on file?

I've been told I would have to wait six months to a year before I would even be considered by most trucking companies.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

i am in the same bot i have been out of work for 9 mounts i havre three mioner acendets like your but i allso have a unsatafitory safty rocerd on dack i was hoppimg u found a job if u can seand infor if i can applay please replay i need a job badly thanks john

alias in Fort Washington, Maryland said: I had three accidents. My trailer struck a fire hydrant while turning out a drive way, my bumper struck a yellow marker pole while at the shipper, and my truck got stuck in the mud. The company fired me after the 3rd accident.

Does anyone know of a trucking company that will hire a driver with three accidents on file?

I've been told I would have to wait six months to a year before I would even be considered by most trucking companies.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

What you have are three incidents, not three accidents---there's a big difference. Some of these highway heroes act as if they've never scuffed a tire... Go to FLEETDIRECTORY.COM for a fairly comprehensive list of companies, many of which don't waste time with DAC/USIS. Check hiring area diagrams and ask them if they run a DAC report... if your MVR is clean, be sure to tell 'em so. I don't know if they hire in your area, but I recall Midwest Continental recruiters tellin' me outright that they didn't bother with a DAC---too much misinformation, 10?

I drove for werner and have the same problem. Been trying for a year to get job and no luck yet. my mvr is clean. driving for werner was the first problem

I drove for Milan Express yes iam putting them out there shy of 2 year mark i had o rollover told them something happen to the truck its not on my dac or dmv report the E.S.C all so said that it that i was able to get my unemploment.
Now whats happening not is that milan is black balling me when i try to get a job dammed if i do dammed if i dont....8months now what do i do?????

It seams like the days of giving a guy a seckond chance are over.
I had a Jack knife axident 2 years ago. almost exacktly, and im still paying for it. ben working Minimum wage B.S. jobs ever since because no one is willing to cut a guy some slack. My drivers licence is clean but i still get the sam old crap. "Sorry sir that axidend is a disqualifying offence"
If anyone knows of a company that might be willing to give a guy a breake please let me know. I'de realy aprecieate it.

i have 3 preventable incidents on my DAC...no biggie since i dont drive

.. the problem is, anyone can put anything on your DAC at anytime with little to no checks and balances to insure its accuracy

i earned one of the preventable incidents out right... the other 2 were what i called at the time, slave chains......

i could continue to drive for the company no problem however it locked me out of going anywhere else

i took photgraphs, made diagrams(the works) to insure accuracy... guess how many people would ever look at em? NIP NADA NONE

one of the questionables was an O/O who called schneider and said i hit his truck in a truck stop(i didnt know about it till i got a call on my cell phone and qual commed)...on his word only, i got a preventable....got the pics of his truck to show it was OLD damage but no one listened...oh well life as a slave wasnt for me

duane in Lexington, North Carolina said: i have 3 preventable incidents on my DAC...no biggie since i dont drive

.. the problem is, anyone can put anything on your DAC at anytime with little to no checks and balances to insure its accuracy

i earned one of the preventable incidents out right... the other 2 were what i called at the time, slave chains......

i could continue to drive for the company no problem however it locked me out of going anywhere else

i took photgraphs, made diagrams(the works) to insure accuracy... guess how many people would ever look at em? NIP NADA NONE

one of the questionables was an O/O who called schneider and said i hit his truck in a truck stop(i didnt know about it till i got a call on my cell phone and qual commed)...on his word only, i got a preventable....got the pics of his truck to show it was OLD damage but no one listened...oh well life as a slave wasnt for me

i was aschneider driver at one time keep the pics and fight it schneider will lie to save his own a$$$

i had a jack knife on 12-24-2007 was never ticketed and is not on my dac only is with my old company and i am getting unemplyment still but every place i apply i get a no and if i lie about it i get kick when my old job sends the fax any one know a good place that might hire me or do i have to wait till the 3 year mark and let it drop off plz e-mail me and let me know i have 5 years behind the wheel e-mail is britches_71@msn.com thx for the help

Oh well, my luck just changed, driving in town 5 years no accidents. On road for two days and lady drives under my truck. he son in another car said was my fault. Now am unemployed 3 months. Tired of BS driving life, why would anyone want to go do this. Lonely, always gone, wife left, lost house due to not enough money. Driving is WORST JOB out there. Nice thing, I'm going back to school to do something else. Am 30 years old and have a 3.7 GPA in engineering field. SCREW DRIVING!!!

Don't fall for the trap, learn from OUR mistakes here.

My husband was fired today for rear ending someone. The officer never gave anyone a ticket he let everyone go. My husband called his company & they acted like he would get his truck back in a few days after his repair. This morning he calls to check status he was than informed that rear ending someone resulted in immediate dismissal. Can he get another OTR job with another company. He has been driving 5 years & only this accident.

i have been 15 years OTR and when i was got into bad accident, which i was not at fault, and then the company was very wrongful to report on my DAC list and my lawyer had my case dismissed and wont be on my MVR report and having trouble to getting driving job, i have trying to find a job since from the accident occur, i still have CDL and currently long form and dot medical card, if there anything that want to know about me,pls email me , thank you!

Jim in Osseo, Minnesota said: DUI's, Refusal to take a breath test, hitting poles, hydrants, etc...
Not everyone is cut out to drive...maybe you guys need to face
reality...maybe people like us should not even be on the road...
and you think you deserve a 2nd chance? why? so the your next
accident can be to kill someone? My MVR is clean, my dac is
probally filled with junk more then 5+ years old, I never
was that good of driver, and never much held onto a job before
running into something, but am I eager to get back out, hell
no..you need to face reality that you are just not one of
those million mile perfect drivers, and never will be...all you
are doing is looking for to get back out there and cause more
accidents, then you will be where you started off, unemployeed...

find a new career path before you guys kill someone...

YOU UNFORGIVING, JUDGEMENTAL, HOLIER-THAN-THOU IDIOT! Who the hell do you think you are? You have no right to make those statements! There are over 2,000,000 truckers on the road in the US alone, and not one of them is perfect as you suggest. These million mile drivers you talk about that go over 1,000,000 miles without an accident or violation? News flash, Einstein-they represent less than 0.0001% of those 2 million truckers! We all make mistakes in life, but that does'nt mean that we all are these dangerous and deadly menaces tear-assing down the highway desperately trying to take out as many other people as we can as you obviously think! Those type of drivers also represent a TINY fraction of a percent of the 2,000,000 decent, hardworking folks out there who may have made mistakes but also learned important lessons from it, paid their "debt to society" and deserve another chance to try to improve so that they can support their families. So activate brain prior to inserting foot into mouth!

iLife2008 in Los Angeles, California said: YOU UNFORGIVING, JUDGEMENTAL, HOLIER-THAN-THOU IDIOT! Who the hell do you think you are? You have no right to make those statements! There are over 2,000,000 truckers on the road in the US alone, and not one of them is perfect as you suggest. These million mile drivers you talk about that go over 1,000,000 miles without an accident or violation? News flash, Einstein-they represent less than 0.0001% of those 2 million truckers! We all make mistakes in life, but that does'nt mean that we all are these dangerous and deadly menaces tear-assing down the highway desperately trying to take out as many other people as we can as you obviously think! Those type of drivers also represent a TINY fraction of a percent of the 2,000,000 decent, hardworking folks out there who may have made mistakes but also learned important lessons from it, paid their "debt to society" and deserve another chance to try to improve so that they can support their families. So activate brain prior to inserting foot into mouth!

HELL YEAH PREACH ON BROTHA!

HELL YEAH PREACH BROTHA!

Can a previous employer tell a potential employer that I abandoned equipment when I have proof I didn't? The abandoned equipment is not on my DAC. Every potential employer that calls or sends a request for employment verification to the company I worked for tells them no they wouldnt rehire and that I abandoned their equipment which I didn't. What can I do about this?

3 preventable accidents/no tickets need trucking company willing to hire.11 months OTR exp.

well i hope i can get some help from somebody here ... i m a student driver i just got graduated from a school couple of month ago , i got hired as everybody else with a company i went to the orientation and i started my training ,, so while my training my recruiter called me and he said that i lied in my application, i put i resigned from my previous jobs which is true but the former employer told them that he fired me ... they didn't wanna hear me and they fired me for that so now nobody wanna hire me coz of that and since i got no experience over the road i cant apply for all the companies .... anyone have any advice for what should i do ? thank you

johnny3491 said: i am in the same bot i have been out of work for 9 mounts i havre three mioner acendets like your but i allso have a unsatafitory safty rocerd on dack i was hoppimg u found a job if u can seand infor if i can applay please replay i need a job badly thanks john

Hey john me too any lucl or leads franl hereukitty@yahoo.com

Hey john me too any luck or leads? Frank hereukitty@yahoo.com

Try Super Service they are the old Gainey out of Grand Rapids, Mi an Super Service out of Sommerset, Ky. They have a yard in Dallas,Tx

Super didnt work but close ty and still loolimg

Just recently got my CDL and looking to get into the industry. I had a ticket in my car for wrong way on a one way about 6 months ago. Can I still get a job?

Diggity in Kankakee, Illinois said: Just recently got my CDL and looking to get into the industry. I had a ticket in my car for wrong way on a one way about 6 months ago. Can I still get a job?

What was on your mind when you was going the wrong way on a one way,LOL.I think companies may be reluctant to hire you.

I'm just hoping someone out there can help and give me some ideas. My husband has been a truck driver for 13 years. He got into his first accident on 12/22/11. No one was hurt in the accident. Thank God! He was fired from his job, due to the accident. Does anyone know of a trucking company that might hire him?

luckylove in Palatka, Florida said: I'm just hoping someone out there can help and give me some ideas. My husband has been a truck driver for 13 years. He got into his first accident on 12/22/11. No one was hurt in the accident. Thank God! He was fired from his job, due to the accident. Does anyone know of a trucking company that might hire him?

That happened a little over a month ago,sorry to say noone will hire him.Maybe find a lawyer to get that expunged from his licence

frank.trujillo59@yahoo.com in Littleton, Colorado said: 3 preventable accidents/no tickets need trucking company willing to hire.11 months OTR exp.

That's the messed up part...ALL accidents at some point, from the time actions occured to cause, are "preventable".

Three accidents in 11 months,THAT'S ALOT.Good luck in finding a trucking company.You need to start paying attention.

Try Navajo Express and use my name for reference Frank Nagle and be ready to roll 2500 to 3000 with no BS from you or them. GOOD LUCK MY FRIEND sorry about your bad start this job is safety first and all the rest second.

DIRTY FRANK

i just found out afther 2 15 2012 that koch was leting me go i was going 15 mph when litely tap my brakes from see a deer on a wet road the fireman told me many have fliped over on this road so with this been my first were could i find a job at

alias in Fort Washington, Maryland said: I had three accidents. My trailer struck a fire hydrant while turning out a drive way, my bumper struck a yellow marker pole while at the shipper, and my truck got stuck in the mud. The company fired me after the 3rd accident.

Does anyone know of a trucking company that will hire a driver with three accidents on file?

I've been told I would have to wait six months to a year before I would even be considered by most trucking companies.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Accidents happen, but there is no reason to hit a hydrant. i've dragged a trailer over many things but a fire hydrant? I'm disappointed, if you can't miss a well marked hydrant I'd pick another career. Im just saying

I changed my mind. I said I dragged my trailer over things .... but only when i had to. i've killed some flower beds on roundabouts. Thats happen many times. I did once get stuck in a corner and backed over a utilty. I crushed a box and it happen to be NG for the city. I called 911 and used my ERG. wasnt a big deal. Wasn't a big deal, but I notified the right people.

Matthew in Seattle, Washington said: I changed my mind. I said I dragged my trailer over things .... but only when i had to. i've killed some flower beds on roundabouts. Thats happen many times. I did once get stuck in a corner and backed over a utilty. I crushed a box and it happen to be NG for the city. I called 911 and used my ERG. wasnt a big deal. Wasn't a big deal, but I notified the right people.

You better go back to school and learn how to drive.I have went around many roundabouts and never have I hit any flowerbeds.You're driving a trk not a car,you need to treat it as such and start looking in your mirrors.Sounds like you're one of the worst drivers on the planet or just messing with the forum.What do u mean no big deal,had it was your trk and trl you'd think it was a big deal.Hope your company made you pay for the damages then fired you.

Matthew in Seattle, Washington said: Accidents happen, but there is no reason to hit a hydrant. i've dragged a trailer over many things but a fire hydrant? I'm disappointed, if you can't miss a well marked hydrant I'd pick another career. Im just saying

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you're funny.I read your post about dragging your trl running over flowerbeds ect ect,you better find another carreer as well.Fire hydrant or whatever.you hit many well marked things and then you're do this guy???????????????????? Practice what you preach.

Eventually sh*t happens to everyone if you do it long enough. It might not be catastrophic; but, little things happen to competent people all the time. As for the flower beds . . . I had good fun dragging the trailer over the daisies. What does someone expect when you want a 100T crane on a residential street. There was a roundabout at both ends of the street and some neighborhood jackass thought it was a good idea to plant a garden there. The crane made it around the flowers and the trailering boom didn't. I would do it again with a smile on my face.

Good morning Patricia. I know I sound like I'm a jackass, but I do practice what I preach. I don't drive OTR anymore, and in that environment you shouldn't run over anything. However, in the construction industry I find myself in a post ion where my vehicle won't fit often. That doesn't mean the work stops. I've always had permission from the general contractor to run over flowerbeds, retaining walls, and a few times they didn't want to take out the mailbox. Hey, if you can make it around it, cool, if not, I gotta put it back either way. Drive safe.

Matthew in Seattle, Washington said: Good morning Patricia. I know I sound like I'm a jackass, but I do practice what I preach. I don't drive OTR anymore, and in that environment you shouldn't run over anything. However, in the construction industry I find myself in a post ion where my vehicle won't fit often. That doesn't mean the work stops. I've always had permission from the general contractor to run over flowerbeds, retaining walls, and a few times they didn't want to take out the mailbox. Hey, if you can make it around it, cool, if not, I gotta put it back either way. Drive safe.

So what kind of construction vehicle do u drive that would cause you to hit things and why you taking that way if your vehicle wont fit thru it safely and not hit anything?One day your contractor boss is going to have to pay for things his vehicle hits if he gets caught.Sounds like youve delibrately hit alot of things,im surprised you even have a vehicle left.I just never heard of a boss allowing you to hit things.

If you are wrongfully charged and terminated, say thanks and give a smile. Keep a positive thought to get a better one. DAC reports have been notorious for years.

DAC reports have been notorius for years. DAC reports should not be used for employments.

the crazy thing is that its not just your DAC that keeps u from getting the jobs. even if you by some chance get the accidents/insidents removed. the company will still send it to homever uyou applied with.i cerantly have two 5 accidents within a 2 year period. one was wih werner on there family dollor ccount.i hit a parked car with the lug nut of my driver side steer.the other 4 where with cental transpot. on was a non-preventable i was hit y a drunk driver. the other 3 they charged me with. one was damaged tires,since i was the last driver with the trailer i did it. hit driver mirror when pulling out of dock, door wasn't lached to side and it flung out.hit fence post for yard entrance gate

i happend because of a reckless driver flying into the yard.i pride my self on safe driving. went 3 years without an accident,but now i can't work in this indistry for 3 years. wich is around 2015.thanks to the protection drivers don't have from the companys.so for all the drivers out there that want to say it i will.thank u.s. goverment.

daniel l in Syracuse, New York said: the crazy thing is that its not just your DAC that keeps u from getting the jobs. even if you by some chance get the accidents/insidents removed. the company will still send it to homever uyou applied with.i cerantly have two 5 accidents within a 2 year period. one was wih werner on there family dollor ccount.i hit a parked car with the lug nut of my driver side steer.the other 4 where with cental transpot. on was a non-preventable i was hit y a drunk driver. the other 3 they charged me with. one was damaged tires,since i was the last driver with the trailer i did it. hit driver mirror when pulling out of dock, door wasn't lached to side and it flung out.hit fence post for yard entrance gate

Have you tried talking to a <a href="www.onlinelawyersource.com/truck-accidents/">truck accident lawyer</a>? My brother was a trucker until he had an accident last year. A drunk driver just crashed right into him. He suffered some severe injuries and he's unable to drive, but he won some substantial damages in court.