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Now, given the "spirit" of the regulation that the FMCSA wants drivers to be open and honest with their motor carriers, and the motor carrier is required to weigh that honesty in determining if the driver will continue to be qualified to drive, it is a logical step that the more you attempt to hide the fact that you were involved in an accident, the more heavily they will weigh that fact. Quote:
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You are correct the officer witnessed nothing. There were no cameras in the parking lot, and the only thing that he found was a few pieces of plastic from the lense of my headlight that i heard fall out onto the street when I pulled out of the lot on my way to my work at my companies drop yard. He said since he found them in the street it was enough to believe her over me. I explained to him that the pieces fell out of my car leaving the lot and that she and I both left the scene willingly. Im getting a lawyer for this and since I didnt actually DO anything I really dont think im going to tell my carrier anything until my joke of a ticket for careless driving goes to court. For anyone who doesnt know whats going on a lady plowed into my parked car in a parking lot with the back of her mini-van, and after we exchanged insurance info she called the cops and said I rear ended her in the street in front of the place. :ranting: |
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Okay heres an update on my situation: I have hired a lawyer to attempt to get the careless driving charges dismissed or atleast reduced to a lower offense. My lawyer suggested that I could even attempt to plea to "failure to report an accident" which is a misdemeanor but has ZERO points and isnt reported on my MVR either. What sucks about this whole situation was that I wasnt even involved in an accident, but the legal counsel that I was given suggested that there no way to get the accident off of my MVR and the best thing to do would be to just try and get the citation dismissed.
So here is what im looking at on my MVR as of today when I pulled it today at the DMV 1 non preventable deer collision in my personal vehicle (no ticket issued) from 5/2/09 (This happened 2 days before the driver hit me in the parking lot and blamed me) 2.preventable rear end collision on 5/04/09 zero injuries zero deaths, and im marked with the hazard code "V16" careless driving in my personal vehicle If I can get the careless driving charge dropped to a non moving violation am I still considered eligible to be hired somewhere? Im currently driving for a major carrier with 18 months of accident free OTR with no accidents or incidents in company equipment. |
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I highly doubt the deer collision will have any effect, it happens. It is usually safer to just hit it then to try to avoid it. Also I don't see how that accident got on your MVR so quickly considering that until it goes to court you are innocent until proven guilty. Case in point the speeding ticket I got in Connecticut the other day, it cannot go on my record until I either pay it (Which is considered a no contest plea), or I go to court with it and get convicted for it. Obviously I am hiring a lawyer myself on it, because I am sure as hell not letting that get on my license, but the point is it cannot even go on a license record until you are convicted, which you are not until either you pay it or go to court and get convicted.
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Have you learned a lesson here, as regards any type of accident? Does this situation help you to understand the importance of not moving your vehicle until a law enforcement officer has come to the scene and investigated? As a "Truck Driver" you are a target. |
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