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adonovan the troll · #1 02-05-2010, 06:50 PM

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to warn drivers to check their DAC reports when they leave a company. I was working for a major company. It was Saturday and I was sitting in Dallas having just delivered a load. No plan out and I figured I wasn't going to get one until Monday, so I decided to have a few beers and kick back and watch some movies. About 2 hours later a load comes across that has to pick up immediately.

I was a little buzzed, but not drunk. I decided to go get the load and got pulled over for an inspection by a trooper on the way over. He arrested me for DWI, was just barely over the limit.

Long story short, I hired a lawyer and was able to beat the charge because of a discrepancy in the calibration records of the breathalyzer.

Even though I have NOT been convicted of DWI, this company still puts it on my record and won't take it off. I think I'll probably have to get a lawyer to make them. Just a warning to the noobs to watch their DAC reports because companies will put false information on them.

wsyrob · #2 02-05-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by adonovan

Hi everyone,

I think I'll probably have to get a lawyer to make them. Just a warning to the noobs to watch their DAC reports because companies will put false information on them.

Just a warning to noobs. If you plan to drive a truck don't drink unless on a reset and not subject to dispatch.

You should not drive a truck for at least 10 years of sobriety. So what if you got off on a technicality you still drove under the influence. Hopefully you are blackballed from this industry because i don't want you on the road around me or my family.

adonovan the troll · #3 02-05-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by wsyrob

Just a warning to noobs. If you plan to drive a truck don't drink unless on a reset and not subject to dispatch.

You should not drive a truck for at least 10 years of sobriety. So what if you got off on a technicality you still drove under the influence. Hopefully you are blackballed from this industry because i don't want you on the road around me or my family.

Really, 10 years? How many drivers do you know that waited 10 years between their last beer before they drove a truck? I know exactly zero.

The point is, I had my day in court and won and my old company has to accept that. It just sounds like a case of hard feelings on their part. If I had lost I would have fully accepted the consequences, but I did not lose. I suspect I won't be blackballed for too long once the legal action begins.

millersod215 · #4 02-05-2010, 07:51 PM

I agree with WSYROB, what a completely stupid thing to do, and then to claim "I'm just buzzed" no biggee. I'm glad the company did what they did, and hopefully it will follow you in the next few years, you deserve whatever you don't get in life out of trucking.

Coilhaulr · #5 02-05-2010, 08:26 PM

I hope you are blackballed you idiot! Along with that cdl is suppose to come a little responsibility. I wouldn't want a moron like you on the same highways with my family! :moon:

wsyrob · #6 02-05-2010, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by adonovan

Really, 10 years?

Yeah that's the amount of time most companies applications require. They will ask it in a way that you will have to disclose what happened. They won't care that you got off on a technicality.

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Originally Posted by adonovan

How many drivers do you know that waited 10 years between their last beer before they drove a truck? I know exactly zero.

None but I know hundreds who will wait at least 8 hours after drinking before getting behind the wheel. You aren't one of them. Find another profession.

freebirdrfd · #7 02-05-2010, 11:17 PM

Another idiot that call himself a truck driver. I hope you never get a job driving again. It's idiots like you that give us a bad reputation. :cheers: :booze: :drunk: STUPID........

Jackrabbit379 · #8 02-05-2010, 11:59 PM

Thank you, adonavan for the advice. I'm sorry to hear about your DAC. You deserved it. You don't deserve to see the light of day.
Maybe you can go wash dishes, or clean bathrooms. You aughta fit right in. :thumbsup:
Good luck in finding a new profession, because you don't belong in this one. In order to drive a truck, you have to be responsible to drive one. I don't like the idea of having low-down scumbags like you behind the wheel of a big truck.

Blacksheep · #9 02-06-2010, 12:11 AM

I seen this post and didn't respond because I thought I would be harsh in my comment's, glad to see I'm not alone in my thoughts.
Drunk driving is stupid beyond belief, maybe you should talk to people effected by this selfish act of colossal stupidity.
Time to grow up and be responsible for your actions.

Mystikal · #10 02-06-2010, 02:29 AM

In all states its written that buzzed driving is STILL drunk driving by classification. I don't know how many I arrested that felt they wern't drunk, but my field sobriety tests showed otherwise due to impaired cognitave abilities.

I agree with the others... just because you got off on a technicality does not mean you were innocent.