If you bumped a pole with your car and dented the bumper would you turn it into your insurance - probably not.
This is an old thread, but could open interesting discussions regarding what your company needs to know. Shippers beat the crap out of dedicated drop hook trailers without any consequences. But for some reason drivers feel obligated to rat on themselves for every little bump.
Newbies keep themselves stuck with dirt bag companies by reporting every little thing back to the company. They end up with a bunch of nonsense on their DAC and can't get a decent job.
In the words of the late great Chic, "no harm, no foul."
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In trying to set up for a dock back, I ran over a concrete barrier with the trailer damaging some of the cross members - managed to get it off the barrier and completed the dock and unload.
The trailer is cosmetically damaged - but fully functional. The consignee's property is not damaged and they neglected to even take a report. I reported it to my company and expect to have a determination of fault made against me.
It was my mistake and in hindsight I realize what I did wrong and what to do in the future to avoid a repeat.
Since this was a "preventable" accident (isn't that a contradiction)
Does the company report this accident on my DAC?
If they do report it - how would I know?
If it is reported - is there anyway for me to enter my side of the incident?
Thanks for any and all responses.
Originally Posted by jonathan4201
First off I'm a total newbie :roll: In trying to set up for a dock back, I ran over a concrete barrier with the trailer damaging some of the cross members - managed to get it off the barrier and completed the dock and unload.
The trailer is cosmetically damaged - but fully functional. The consignee's property is not damaged and they neglected to even take a report. I reported it to my company and expect to have a determination of fault made against me.
It was my mistake and in hindsight I realize what I did wrong and what to do in the future to avoid a repeat.
Since this was a "preventable" accident (isn't that a contradiction)
Does the company report this accident on my DAC?
If they do report it - how would I know?
If it is reported - is there anyway for me to enter my side of the incident?
Thanks for any and all responses.