dac report info

[Fredog]

want your dac report? go here


How Do I Contact DAC To Get My Report?
call the DAC Consumer Department: 1-800-381-0645 (m-f 8-5 central)
visit website: http://www.usis.com/commercialservic...on/default.htm
Note: Of Course, You CANNOT get a copy online, you must call OR write them to get a copy of your DAC report.

[nickbtubas]

i believe the only way to get a dac report is to write them and send the appropriate info... to get the address you can call them but wont take orders over the phone

[Sizzle]

I haven't looked at the website that was provided by the driver above. However, you must submit a written request along with your C.D.L. Number and Social Security Number.

The address is:

U.S.I.S.
Attention: Consumers
P.O. Box 33181
Tulsa, OK 74153

It was ironic because when I had left my company no one had slammed my D.A.C. All the companies couldn't verify my employment because my employer requested payment for that information. No other company wanted to pay so the D.A.C. report was the only way they could verify employment. I had to call the Safety Dept. and ask them to slam my D.A.C. Too funny!!! I would have never done it if someone could have verified employment otherwise. Obviously, an oversight on someone's behalf in Safety!!! I guess I would have a clean D.A.C. if I hadn't called them. SIGH!!! 8)

[Zen Road Warrior]

I've heard if you're late for a load this will show up on the dac. Is this true?

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by Zen Road Warrior

I've heard if you're late for a load this will show up on the dac. Is this true?

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NO

[Uturn2001]

Originally Posted by Zen Road Warrior

I've heard if you're late for a load this will show up on the dac. Is this true?

Other than safety related information, ie accidents, companies can only place short descriptions in your DAC file. If you get fired for being late too often they might say something like; Terminated: Performance issues or something along those lines, but they are not going to itemize every time you are late on a load.

Also it has been my experience that it takes a lot of tardiness for companies to actually fire a driver for it. The common practice is to starve them out by giving them shorter run with lots of time built into them which cuts into your check so bad that a driver is forced out. Then they just put on your DAC Quit.

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Originally Posted by Uturn2001

Other than safety related information, ie accidents, companies can only place short descriptions in your DAC file. If you get fired for being late too often they might say something like; Terminated: Performance issues or something along those lines, but they are not going to itemize every time you are late on a load.

Also it has been my experience that it takes a lot of tardiness for companies to actually fire a driver for it. The common practice is to starve them out by giving them shorter run with lots of time built into them which cuts into your check so bad that a driver is forced out. Then they just put on your DAC Quit.

With many of the big carriers how would you know the difference between a good driver that quit and a bad one ?

[Sizzle]

I had friends that didn't give two week notices where I work and they slammed their D.A.C. by saying "Left Involuntarily". Both of them were owed huge sums of money by the company due to breakdowns and long stays in motel rooms which they were not reimbursed for prior to their departures.

Other companies know the company's policy on the way they slam people's D.A.C.s so it didn't matter to either one of them getting hired by other companies. So primarily if you company has a reputation for not being fair to drivers other companies will disregard some of the garbage on the D.A.C.

It always behooves you to try to get some of it off prior to departing your current employer. Someone told me that they are like credit reports once it's on the D.A.C. it's hard to get it off!!! 8)

I also wander how anyone would know that you are a good driver [no service failures] because you certainly can't tell that by looking at a D.A.C. report.

[Zen Road Warrior]

thanx everyone

[TruckerTony]

I wonder if it is possible to request a copy from your current employer if they ran one before hiring?

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by TruckerTony

I wonder if it is possible to request a copy from your current employer if they ran one before hiring?

My boss pulled one for me. even though he doesnt use it.. companies can get them free on line, but drivers cant.

[TonyandDeb]

i have gotten a copy of my dac, the info on it is vague. companies that use it will ask you to verify the info. and unless you have 1 you can't. if you get terminated you need to get a copy to see if the info is accurate. 1 company told me i was terminated for something, got the dac report and listed something else. i'm in the process of getting it fixed but everything is done by mail no fax's. and if you quit the company you might want to check your report THEY DO MAKE MISTAKES and could screw you.


dealing with it now

its really amazing to me how easy it is for a company to put something on there but its so difficult to just get a copy for yourself.....and you would be surprised what can get on there besides saftey issues....I currewntly have an entry on my DAC for complaining to much. Seems that my first dispatcher from my first company didnt like me complaining about sitting for days at a time and running 1400miles a week....he put down on my DAC that I was a habitual complainer, I had to answer to this and explain it when I was getting on with BARR-NUNN....interesting stuff has a way of making it on there

[oldrookie]

If you have access to a lawyer; as him if such an entry on your dac report is grounds for a libel suit.

[Senorjhawk]

Originally Posted by Zen Road Warrior

I've heard if you're late for a load this will show up on the dac. Is this true?

There is a category that employers may check on the job performance section titled "Late pickup/delivery."

Senorjhawk

[oldrookie]

If it a fact he was late then there is little that can be done. But as the employer has made it a matter of record, he might challenge them and ask them nicely for documentation. If they cannot or will not provide it; I think that may be grounds for removal of comment from the record. If they can provide documentation and logs are still available; he may show that an 'on time' delivery was impracticle or unsafe to attempt. At the very least he can make himself a real pain. Fight man FIGHT!

[Senorjhawk]

Originally Posted by oldrookie

If it a fact he was late then there is little that can be done. But as the employer has made it a matter of record, he might challenge them and ask them nicely for documentation. If they cannot or will not provide it; I think that may be grounds for removal of comment from the record. If they can provide documentation and logs are still available; he may show that an 'on time' delivery was impracticle or unsafe to attempt. At the very least he can make himself a real pain. Fight man FIGHT!

Agree. If the info is disputed with DAC and they cannot verify the info with the previous employer within 30 days, off it comes.

[jamesinge]

Originally Posted by Senorjhawk

Agree. If the info is disputed with DAC and they cannot verify the info with the previous employer within 30 days, off it comes.

Might be a little off on this.

YOU have 30 days to dispute the info. A Problem may not arise for years but after thirty days its on the report forever.
Hence why its so difficult to obtain the report or to keep tabs on it.

Plus most companies will not ever tell you that it was something on your DAc that caused them to not hire you. They will just turn you down and give no reason. If they dont hire you becaue of info on a DAC THEY have to supply you with a copy of the info and jump through hoops allowing you time to dispute
Its far easier to just not return your calls or make up a different reason to not hire you.

Its a huge racket and a closed doors network.

[oldrookie]

Applying for work has gotten yo be a real pain. After I wrote that I mailed a request for my report. It took about 3 weeks. The fact that you have to mail for it at all tells me they don't want you to have it. I guess your only real defense is to periodically send off for it. That and suck up if you have a suck employer. The REAL answer is to get some experience and go to work for a GOOD company. In other words get out of the truckload end of the profession. There ARE better deals out there. You have to actively look for them.

[Senorjhawk]

[quote="jamesinge"][quote="Senorjhawk"]

Originally Posted by oldrookie

If it a fact he was late then there is little that can be done. But as the employer has made it a matter of record, he might challenge them and ask them nicely for documentation. If they cannot or will not provide it; I think that may be grounds for removal of comment from the record. If they can provide documentation and logs are still available; he may show that an 'on time' delivery was impracticle or unsafe to attempt. At the very least he can make himself a real pain. Fight man FIGHT

Agree. If the info is disputed with DAC and they cannot verify the info with the previous employer within 30 days, off it comes.

Might be a little off on this.

YOU have 30 days to dispute the info. A Problem may not arise for years but after thirty days its on the report forever.
Hence why its so difficult to obtain the report or to keep tabs on it.

We may be saying the same thing, but just to make sure. Drivers may dispute any information on their report regardless of when it came to DAC or how long it's been there. Example: employer reports info to DAC Jan 2005, driver finds out Jan 2006, gets around to disputing in Jan 2007. DAC has 30 days from the day of receipt of the dispute to verify the info with the past employer. If they cannot do it. the information comes off, sometime in Feb of 2007. Incidentally, even if the information does not come off, drivers have the right to submit a rebuttal that provides their version of events.

Needless to say, and I think this was your point, the sooner you discover, dispute, correct or rebut infomration on the DAC, the better.