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Originally Posted by R3B3L
So about a month ago my boss tells me that our backhoe operator was pulled over driving (the backhoe) on the surface streets here in Vegas (which he was told to do). He then tells me to take one of our 15 ton dumps and a backhoe trailer to go pick it up. I remind him that the truck is not road ready as it has several deficiencies on it, he reminds me that nevada is an "at will" state and if I wanted my job to go get the backhoe.
No special fuel permit, no registration in the truck (he didn't have a copy of it to give me), the trailer breakaway switch didn't work, and no trailer brake module in the truck so no way to brake the trailer, and no registration for the trailer. I pull up to the backhoe and the motorcycle cop checks me out and my info was good i.e. license and med card but then checks all the trucks paperwork (or lack thereof) and the trailers paperwork as well as the brakes and emergency breakaway switch. So I get $3700 dollars in tickets in my name. I explain the situation about the boss with him and ask if he can put the tickets in the companies name so I don't have these on my record and can still get a job when I quit this company. He explains to me that as long as the boss goes to the court date with me and vouches for me that it would be the companies responsability. long story short the boss went to court to take care of it for me so I wont have to pay and he will.
My question is will any of those tickets go on my record and hinder me from getting a job driving for a trucking company? I work for an underground utility company now driving dumps and equipment around. I am sure he will not report anything negative on my dac but I am not sure if it is up to him or not. Advice would be welcome.
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as the others have said-- you probably don't need to worry about DAC unless your boss reports to them-- probably not since he's not running a trucking company.
But, IF those tickets were in YOUR NAME-- 1) I think I would have wanted to be IN that court WITH my Boss to find out what really happened( get it from the horses mouth)-- if your boss just paid them FOR you-- they might be there on your MVR- as misallanous violations-
still not too much to worry about.
On the other hand; if your boss just said-- "well, John is sick today- and couldn't make it IN to court today........" they might still be "outstanding" against YOU...your boss could have even asked for a continuence/postponement for later.....
California seems to be different-- In California-- equipment Registered INSTATE the tickets for defects always go to/ in the Name of the Owner-- it's out-of-state truckers driving Out-of-state equipment that get Nailed for
equipment violations........
seems strange that Nevada would charge You for equipment violations for equipment registered to a Nevada owner.