It is common knowledge that drivers’ DAC reports may contain at least a few bits of incorrect information. Often the errors are honest mistakes, but every now and again carriers will submit false reports with the intention of harming a driver’s career. In fact, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has just ordered the mega-carrier Prime to pay a fine for “blacklisting” a driver and “sabotaging” his career.
Back in 2008, an unnamed driver injured his back on the job and was taking prescription medicine for the injury. As he is supposed to do, the driver left his job until he could again safely operate a truck. By 2009 the driver had recovered, received his doctor’s approval to return to work, and started sending out job applications for trucking jobs at other companies. Despite his good driving record, he was unable to find a trucking company that would hire him. It was then that he discovered that Prime had submitted false information to be listed on his DAC report.
The driver contacted OSHA who pursued Prime and has just issued them a fine for their treatment of the driver. They will pay $41,373.34 for lost wages including interest; $40,000 for compensatory damages for pain, suffering, emotional distress and loss of home and property; and $20,000 for punitive damages “in light of the company’s reckless and callous disregard for the worker’s rights.” All in, OSHA has awarded the driver over $100,000 to be paid from Prime’s pocket.
Prime issued a statement declaring that they would not discuss an issue that is pending litigation, but that they would be “appealing this investigative finding and litigation will begin shortly.”
“Blacklisting an employee and sabotaging a worker’s career is unacceptable. It can have a dangerous ripple effect if employees are compelled to drive when unwell or under medication because they are afraid they will lose their livelihood,” said OSHA’s Robert Kulick. “OSHA will not tolerate employers retaliating against its employees for reporting violations, including forcing employees to operate commercial motor vehicles when doing so would be unsafe for the driver and the public.”
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shanecope says
How do you know what’s on your DAC ? Where can you get a copy of it?? How do I know I’m not being Blacklisted??
leandean says
http://hireright.com/Consumers-Applicants.aspx
KBill says
Go to
http://www.hireright.com/Consumers-Applicants.aspx
and request a copy opf your report. It’s harder then hell to get anything actually changed on it, but at least you’ll know what’s on it.
John. G says
http://www.hireright.com/ Usually takes 15 days but you get a full report on DL history, MVR, and Credit report. you can request a free report every year and i recommend it.
Lucar says
…and then there is a driver shortage, they say..
Mega carriers have no moral nor mercy when it comes down to one of their officials’ ego or being upset and wanting to get back to a defenseless drivers. I was robbed of my pay back money several times and thats why I quit driving for anybody but my own truck now.
I can proudly say now I respect OSHA and I’m glad this was a favorable outcome for the driver.
Mike says
You want to really see this BS stop ? Next time this crap starts up and OSHA gets into it, let them do their investigation AND THEN have them go right over to the local US Attorney’s office and file a CRIMINAL EXTORTION CHARGE against the Company CEO, the COO and the head of HR for violating criminal law. Nothing says ‘The Party’s over’ like seeing the Company President getting hauled off to the local jail, in handcuff’s and on the local news.
Paul Taylor says
OSHA does not routinely handle blacklisting claims in their jurisdiction. In this case, the blacklisting was because the driver refused to operate a commercial vehicle in violation of commercial vehicle safety regulations. This type of blacklisting is protected under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act and enforcement is with OSHA.
Paul Taylor
Truckers Justice Center
april says
hey mr taylor..prime is at it again, huh? I remember the Cynthia ferguson vs prime retaliation case a few years ago. looks like the would have learned some kinda lesson from that case. my husband and I were victims of blacklisting via the DAC report. its amazing how companies get angry because drivers are following fmcsr rules that govern their licenses. more power to truckers!
Helmuth says
When I went to AIT to learn to drive a truck, I was told their was a shortage of drivers. After getting my license and moving away from SWIFT who claimed following the rules but refused to live up to them, I was told by companies I needed two years experience. Even AIT said I needed two years for a bottling company job, until the State Attorney General sent them my complaint for ‘false advertisement’ did they get me that job. But they (AIT) needed a revolving door and I was let go after 6 months.
The driver getting a $100,000 is good, but the company should be severely punished for its crime: like jail time for all involved.
D. Weed says
I attended AIT in Phoenix and I must say that it was one of the most horrible experiences of my entire life!
they truly set you up to fail there.
I left the place in a state of mild trauma.
Only when I went to Southwest truck driving only a couple of miles away did everything turn out okay. I am so sorry that you went to AIT.
Fair Warning says
Really??? How can you possibly claim that you were unaware that the vast majority of local driving jobs require a minimum of 2 years OTR experience? Not buying your claim that somehow you were able to get your State AG office to send a letter that miraculously resulted in a local driving job.
Dan says
Read the book “Shakedown”. See how much Jesse Jackson sued major companies for “discrimination”. I have believed for a long time that there is a bias against drivers, just because of what we do for a living, regardless of race or color. I’ve heard about the down side of working for Prime for years, but the compensation for the violation they committed against this driver does not even come close to what they should have received.
Jockamo says
NOT good enough. Until the fed starts prosecuting companies and company employees for this type of behavior it will continue. While the fine is intended to send a message … it won’t. It will be business as usual as the companies pay what amounts to a pittance and go on their merry way. Fines are often a smokescreen to give the false illusion that the fed is doing something about it. If the fines were meaningful and the fed really wanted to end such practices the monetary amount would be multiplied many times over. For example, the fine should have been at least $1 million. If such a fine puts a company out of business … oh well. Another company will pick up the pieces and a real message will have been sent. Until that occurs I will never be convinced the fed cares about such practices. In fact, I believe in many cases the fed is in collusion with certain companies and the fine is just as I indicated: a smokescreen.
royce says
Thats nice, now follow thru and take down all the mega fleets and award every driver that ever worked for one because they did and continue to do that to all of us, all the time. The only drivers I know that like the big fleets and think they are safe are either hamstrung with some mega fleet pipe dream (a lease with no ability to pay if and when it all goes horribly wrong) or the poster children large trucking companies prop up to bait the other 99 percent to work for the equivalent of nothing. This charade of broken lives and dreams must be stopped. Ever notice how little U.S. Uncle Sam has to say about trucking? One of the hallmarks of fraud and abuse is silence. – in case you think im worried about posting my name, im not. Two or three afternoons spent online and a few thousand dollars will let you do everything and anything a mega fleet might promise to do for you. Mega fleets are dinosaurs on the edge of the twilight of their own extinction. Royce Dressel
Cary Davis says
This nails home the need for carriers to fully document every disciplinary action that would build a bullet proof case against an employee with compeny policy discretions. If it isn’t documented, doesn’t fall under government guidelines, DON’T REPORT IT! If you have a solid case then by all means use due process. The system for reporting a driver’s safety performance history is an invaluable tool for driver recruitment if used correctly! It is designed to prevent other carriers from hiring a driver who would be less than qualified or shows the driver could or would not meet company safety and policy standards. Secondly, don’t confuse health issues which may fall under another agencies guidelines with a driver’s driving history violations.
SL says
yeah and if you think prime is the only one, I gotta bridge for ya, there are numerous instances in another big carrier, thats got blue in their colors
Jeff Sanders says
Prime has been a low class back stabbing company for a long time, this is just more proof.
MoE says
in 95 i quit them and returned their truck and trailer to the yard (My P/UP was in the car park on site ) they filed abandonment with dac so i searched for an attorny and they were hard to ged as prime has all local attorneys on retainer , got one several towns over and he sent a letter threating a ” Intenional Tourt” suit if they did not pull dac report their responce was “Get in line”.. They are an always will be SCUM..
Steve Bell says
Yea..KTL did this same thing to me…Told DAC that I had crashed one of their trucks and hit a car….Total BS…My MVR had no such entry….Because it never happened….It cost me a job with Covenant…They called me and told me not to report….(Most likely good for me in the end after all)..
No one would hire me until I went to CCC..(Commercial Carrier Corp.)…Won safety awards there…Made just as much there as I ever did on the road and home every weekend and almost every night…
Paul Taylor says
Actually, the driver did not contact OSHA who pursued Prime. The driver called Truckers Justice Center, who filed the unlawful blacklisting charge with OSHA, and pursued Prime.
Paul Taylor
Attorney at Law
Truckers Justice Center
Debieve says
After all is said and done..this just goes to show you how a bad reporting job is done!! Why did the reporter not mention this correct information Paul? If I have a Problem with a company and can’t seem to get anything done about it, am I going to call you and what will that cost me? Just wanting to know where you guys are at and more info on your Company!
Bigfoot says
Debieve, I don’t think it’s a bad job reporting. I think it’s a posturing, swelling-up of Prime, saying publicly they will litigate to scare drivers into not doing anything about it.
Click on Paul’s name to go directly to his site.
A company blacklisted me on my DAC and it took DAC a month to get it cleared up. They put that after I was injured on the job and I had to rent a van with my own money to get home, that I had ABANDONED THE TRUCK. Not true. I wasn’t allowed to drive it. Then I had to get an operation. And because I couldn’t come back to work in less than 12 weeks from date of injury at 100% capacity, they fired me. Some others who’d been done that way had the same thing happen. They went to the EEOC. They stirred up an investigation. They sued the company, got a settlement against them for $4.85 million. We will all (277 of us who were affected, fired for not being able to come back in 12 weeks at 100%) be sharing that $4.85 million. I had OSHA complaints against that company that I could have filed (forcing me to drive with 5 exhaust leaks) but this is enough, the EEOC settlement. They kept me from getting a job in the industry for 7 years, with their slander of my DAC and the one job I DO get in 2013 I lose in 2 months because of similar issues.
Call Paul and see if he can do something for you if you are in a similar position.
wing says
Thanks Paul Taylor.
I hope you just received my very long email regarding my former, very unsafe employer.
They DAC-ed me and have nothing to post on me , as my driving record is very good, psp is clean
and they posted driver record as satisfactory…mis-posted a deer strike location and not re-hireable.
That is just to make me look bad. I have logbooks and DVIR copies showing 100% delivery rate except for service disruption because of their junk truck. The Kroger account will not even hire me through an owner operator.
Sherri VA says
I never did like that company.While living in Springfield,Mo area a long while back,this company was busted for hauling drugs in new reefer units brought up from Mexico.And I never liked their purchase program because it was crooked too,also busted by OOIDA for that policy.I never sent an app to them because of this! I am GLAD they got busted for this dishonest behavior and hope other drivers will look into their driving history from previous companies and make SURE the information entered is accurate or they will need to put in a dispute and DAC will check it out!! I had a problem with a company I worked for, went back andfound they had some innacurate info entered(was told due to computer system entry) and that I was marked wrong.I gave them 24 hours to correct the info or I would see them in court!! I made my point and it was corrected. You have to check your info as often as you can. Its YOUR record,not theirs.
Allen says
There have been companies I worked for that told you “This will be the last trucking job you’ll ever have. If you leave us we’ll make sure you won’t be able to work again. We can do that with your DAC report.” DAC is a worthless POS system. They DON’T require the companies that place items on your report to validate anything with REAL data UNTIL you find out about the problem and challenge it. Even then its VERY difficult and time consuming to TRY and get it off. Even when you do, the companies can put it right back on. The reports are about as worthless as a credit report. What I’ve found is that any company that uses DAC or Hireright which appears to be the NEW DAC isn’t worth working for.
Joe Skeptical says
Government intervention is bad overall, but we who hold CDLs should cheer because it resulted in a good outcome for one badly mistreated driver? Or gov’t regulation is good and the OSHA fine hurts employers?
This argument and scenario has been repeated across many industries since paid labor existed and it will always happen. The truth is, the bigger trucking firms finds a steady stream of new, less expensive drivers, and that’s how they get big. If a few get abused, ha ha ha.
MADDTRUCKER says
THATS AWESOME ONE FOR THE LITTLE GUY
Bilbo Baggins says
Prime is going to appeals. How long will they tie this up in the courts before this truly gets resolved?
wing says
You can bet that their sharp layers will find a way out. Look at how CRST went back into court because EEOC didn’t properly interview the complainants (over 200) in their sexual harassment
lawsuit against CRST. Total screw up by EEOC!
Look at PILOT/FJ.
the one percenters win !
Bruce B says
must be nice to have the feds on your side. I have been black listed by a former employer which will keep me from a decent job until three years pass from the incident (a load shift) when potential employers will no longer contact them. They falisfied my DAC and continue to send faxes out in response to pre-employment surveys saying it was an injury accident and that I refused a mandatory post accident drug test. It was a non-DOT recordable accident (no injuries, no citation issued) and I have the paperwork from the health clinic showing I DID submit to a post accident drug test (requested by my company 10 hours after the incident).
I have talked to lawyers about legal action, but none are interested. I imagine I have lost nearly $90,o00 in wages over the three years if comparing my local driving wage to what I would have earned with a major carrier as an OTR driver.
ConcernedCitizen says
Although it is good the driver got something out of it, he didn’t get enough. From how the article reads, he lost his home and was unemployed for awhile. A typical home will cost between $100,000 and $250,000. $40,000 for that is pathetic. If he did lose his home he should have gotten $500,000 just for the loss of the home. I say every trucker needs to put their foot down and hold companies responsible. If enough do so, the companies will be forced to fly right. I can bet for every one driver you hear that complains about their blacklisting, thousands others don’t complain/don’t know/don’t complain properly/give up. Think legal action if discussion fails.
Ron says
Police officer will also “submit false reports with the intention of harming a driver’s career”. Had that done to me by the Ohio State Highway Patrol in 2005. According to the Attorney General Mike DeWine…”They were within their right to do so”. Talk about covering up for dishonesty ! You can’t sue police officers to get your job back either. The laws protect them.
Bigfoot says
Yeah but you have the ACLJ (American Centers for Law and Justice) to protect you/litigate for you when cops screw with you on the road.
ironage says
Well Hell…..is OSHA not aware that this is an every day occurence at most of the big and mid-sized OTR companies? HELLO? ANYBODY HOME?!
Paul Taylor says
The article is probably based on an OSHA press release that did not mention the driver or his attorney (me).
Prime has not yet appealed (unless it is in the mail) and may not. They could end up with a worse result after trial, including paying their attorney fees and my attorney fees. They could also win, who knows.
If Prime appeals, the case would be in trial probably by June 2014, maybe later depending upon the availability of a Dept. Of Labor Administrative Law Judges, his schedule and the schedule of Prime’s attorneys.
Most drivers do not ordinarily have this kind of relief available to them for blacklisting. This driver was blacklisted on his DAC Report because he refused to drive in violation of a couple of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The law prohibits retaliation for refusing to operate a commercial vehicle safety regulation, for complaining about violations of such regulations and for accurately recording on duty time.
OSHA has no jurisdiction if one or more those protected activities are not involved.
Paul Taylor
Truckers Justice Center
wing says
Thanks Paul Taylor.
I hope you just received my very long email regarding my former, very unsafe employer.
They DAC-ed me and have nothing to post on me , as my driving record is very good, psp is clean
and they posted driver record as satisfactory…mis-posted a deer strike location and not re-hireable.
That is just to make me look bad. I have logbooks and DVIR copies showing 100% delivery rate except for service disruption because of their junk truck. The Kroger account will not even hire me through an owner operator.
Bigfoot says
Paul, I sent you a note that I didn’t have time to finish, on your site. Does the extreme weather item in protected activities include being forced to drive a truck with no A/C in August’s and September’s 110-115 degree temperatures, (120-130 inside the truck) and being fired for reporting it to management?
Bigfoot says
(A little more specifics of my case: I had a heat stroke on September 6th after a month in a truck with no A/C, I could have died. I was taken by ambulance to the ER and stayed in the hospital for 3 days for tests and recovery, was told to stay in the hospital for 4 more days to recover, then they returned me to work. I was paid work comp for the week out of work, given a different truck to get me back to the main terminal. Upon arrival to the main terminal, I reported the threat made to me on the day I returned to work by the maintenance director’s driver buddy which was the false action they used to change the focus off the truck malfunction and the injury I received, I was put on fully paid administrative leave until the investigation into the “matter” was resolved, and then I was promptly fired. They trashed my DAC, slandered me to the TN Dept of Labor, sent me a letter by pdf file from an attorney within a blank email from HR of my former employer telling me I was fired, with untrue reasons why I was fired being delivered to the TN Dept of Labor.)
Kat Owen says
The last trucking company I drove for, railroaded me on my DAC report. I wasn’t making any money, they had me stuck in pockets, to where I sat for days waiting for a load. I never went passed California and Arizona. Never got to stretch my legs and go elsewhere. I had enough of the crap and was going deeper into debt.
My main terminal was Fontana, Ca. so I drove my truck back to my main terminal, unloaded it and told them I quit! I was done!
My DAC report says I abandoned my truck in a undisclosed location and was not returned to the “Main” terminal, which was Phoenix, Az. When in fact, I did return my equipment and tractor to the Fontana terminal. This was a terminal for the company, but to them it was NOT returned to the terminal of their choice. However, when I was hired by the company, I got my truck from the Fontana terminal, but that’s not there they wanted it returned. If I had returned my truck to the Phoenix terminal, I would be stuck trying to find a way to get home, because they wouldn’t have paid for my trip home. But it’s on my DAC report as abandonment of equipment and tractor.
Oldfatcowboy says
Folks I did the OTR thing for 5 months, whatta bunch of crap! in 5 months I grossed less than I do in 1 month as a Teamster and I’m home every night! I’m as right wing conservative as they come but y’all need to unionize! Everyone told me that that big red truck from Lincoln Nebraska was “one of the best companies”! great safety and training but if I stayed I would’ve gone bankrupt! I spent 30 years in real estate before this, I know BS when I see it! I NEVER thought I’d join a union!
Don says
Prime is certainly not alone in their mistreatment of drivers. Everyone who has had to make a living as an OTR driver knows this.
OTR driving is a third-world industry. In most states, parking for big trucks is non-existent after dark. 4-wheelers have no respect for the drivers who provide everything they sit on, watch, eat and use for entertainment. The DOT looks at drivers as nothing more than criminals who are at their beck and call when it comes to revenue. I speak from 10 years experience, but I no longer drive. I would rather be in prison than to drive any more.
Charles says
These day’s a camera with video recording plus time and date. When leaving a carrier, present something such as a daily newspaper or company sign that presents an accurate provable record of the date and show the integrity of the truck inside and out with truck number and record the whole process from parking it on the yard without load and turning in your keys and reaching the bus station. If a company is trying to terminate you for BS, don’t buy into signing their resignation form as they will tell you this will keep a termination off your record and show as a resign. They use this as a tactic to keep you from being able to file unemployment but in the end they will trash your DAC. Lesson learned the hard way. This has since left me with the only choice to go to work for myself. It’s a CYA. Document EVERYTHING so if they try and blackball you with your DAC, you can do what this driver has done. There are a many of driver’s wrongfully unemployed or lost their ability to drive because of DAC’s BS service. MVR’s, PSP’s and other such record’s can prove a innocence but mega carrier’s will still choose to hire and fire with the use of DAC rather than actual public records. The system is abused hard. Driver fill’s out app, app is run and info pulled through service’s. 100 applying driver’s a day multiplied by cost of record’s through out a year equals to some awesome tax deductions for a carrier. They love for driver’s to apply but they don’t like to hire and it’s mostly said because insurance won’t handle them because of their DAC. It’s a slick scam to say the least.
The driver in the article must have done just that. Covered his arse and this day in age you have to because companies are dirty.
goinpostal says
A DAC report is classified the same as a credit report.
Being such,a company that submits false info to it can be sued under the “fair debt collection practices act”.
This is no peanut lawsuit.
With good enough cause/case. You can put even a mega company out of business.
Back in’99 Dick Simon tried to put a quit without notice on my record.
The retards there forgot that on their hiring app.It stated that we were hired as at will employees.
I told them I was going to sue them,and DAC services using the “fair debt collection practices act” if they didn’t change it.
It was fixed in minutes.
Matt
Charles says
Ahhh, ol’ stinky. I remember those days. All in all, wasn’t to bad of a company as far as work itself but their HR dept lacked a lot in turn is what put them out of business after California took them for all they had plus some when they were letting bad drivers slip through the cracks. That lead to their bankruptcy and due to barrowed time and barrowed dime from Swift to “bail” them out, they couldn’t make enough gain to recover after the capitol building episode so with shares already in place, Dick had no choice but to let Swift have full control and ownership while he went belly up.
Delbert Young says
The truth is if you are anything other than a dumb truck driver a DAC report is illegal. But this is the biggest issue with this industry is nobody has the nads to stand up for themselves. Be it with fair labor laws or FMCSA. It probably is to late.
Terry says
Unless you are the police they have the right to destroy a persons life and tell lies hell they are legal to lie in court and the Canadian government will help the police to rune a honest hard working person
Gene Weill says
In trying to understand the Driver’s issue, I am confused.It appears to have been a WC. issue.Was he deemed ready to return to work, by The Clinic that treated him ?.If so, why didn’t he go back to Prime? That being said, the comments that followed are certainly troubling for our Industry, and I truly feel bad, for you all that have the kind of Troubles you have experienced.I Drove, and went into Management, and did a lot of Hiring, and Managing….DAC Reports were not the end all. You also
had the Work Number, DRIVER FACTS, along with PSP’s…..Also Work History, played a large roll.
You have to due your due diligence, in researching a Company.. OTR is just what it implies…You ARE
going to spend time out on the Road, it’s the nature of the Beast. Local Companies, have their Draw back as well….Logistics, is a wide open field….Investigate.Take responsibility for your well being. Please be safe, and don’t get caught up in the “Caught up”…We are heavy relegated, not because of Big Brother. We are paying for what others did, and do, with Accidents, and negligence, and the complete disregard for the Pride this Industry used to have….On BOTH sides of the Fence….Cant we all just get along, or is that a Pipe Dream….???….I know the “ROAD”, by Heart…that’s the Only way I know how….Again, PLEASE BE SAFE !!
Bigfoot says
If I wrote a book about the companies and the individuals I worked for and the damage they did to my life, it would scare every potential new trucker into staying at their job flipping burgers, patrolling as a deputy sheriff, working as CPA’s, scientists, mechanics, housewives, lawyers, doctors- all of which I have met out there on the highways from those professions who are now truck drivers.
Just think about it. truck driving is the only skilled labor class that is technically classed as UNSKILLED, where “slander- by DAC” is legal, forcing to run illegally and unsafely is the norm, where no matter what your background is, you are treated like a dog or lower.
What is wrong with this picture? And, why are there more truck drivers going through school every term? And, why is there still a shortage if it’s such a great industry? It is just unbelievable, the ruination percentage of drivers’ lives at the hands of totally unscrupulous companies. And, if a company calls themselves Christian, watch out. It’s a cloaking device to conceal their evil. 100% of the time.
George says
Just another example of how the entire industry is stacked against the guy at the bottom of the totem pole. The mega fleets lobby congress to write rules that benefit them to the detriment of the little guy, then, either through malice or bureaucratic incompetence, they screw everyone they can as hard as they can to get that last penny. I hope someone at Prime burns in hellfire for screwing that guy. Drivers everywhere take notice.
Harold says
I can Promise , I would not count my chickens just yet, I absolutely agree that Prime’s senior officials should be hauled off to jail, But Robert Lowe has acquired so much wealth from ripping drivers off , he will keep it tied up in court for many years to come, I tried to bring legal proceedings against prime many years ago, and could not find a lawyer that would take my case. I had a $40,000 dollar car disappear from their secured drivers parking lot…
JJ says
Maybe everyone should quit Prime and tell them to get in line!!…I think drivers that get screwed like this have another option and that is if you dont want to be an owner operator than go to work for a small company that doesnt care about DAC record or another O/O….as most of them know DAC many times is used to lie on by these big whore companies
LandShark says
Yet……Prime was listed as one of the Top 20 carriers to work for? Huh? What kind of industry is this we work in. CRST recently paid out a few million to drivers for misusing DAC information. I believe that Swift did also. DAC/Hire Right is the private company that is the for USIS (United States Information Service). The USIS was made private and is in the business of conducting personnel background investigations, etc. They (DAC-Hire Right was the company responsbile for conducting the background investigation for Edward Snowden! Yep that’s right!
DAC/Hire Right operates within a loop hole of the law and are subject to to regulations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. You can request a copy of your DAC report once annually at no cost from them at the following website……..http://www.hireright.com/Consumers-Applicants.aspx
If you dispute information on your own DAC report, the company responsbile for placing the information on your report has 30 days to respond If the company does not, the information is removed by DAC. I have been down this road and actually found DAC/Hire Right to be very helpful and rather quickly resolved my particular issue while keeping me informed during the entire process. Yes, I was able to have the false information removed simply because the company in question did not respond within 30 days. Had this company not done this, I would have (as I also suggest anybody going through this) retained legal counsel.
In mu humble opinion, the premise in the beginning for DAC was valid and understandble. Over the years DAC has become an entirely different animal. Albeit it is used more to intimidated, black ball and serves as a clearinghouse for questionable carriers to ruin drivers careers. DAC seems to be a playground for many of the questionable “mega” and “larger” carriers to carry out their dirty business, as you will find that many smaller and medium carriers have never heard of, and would have no use for their many times nefarious, questionable and very often hurtful information about drivers that many times no basis in truth whatsoever……….to the point (having been proved in court many times) of gathering and diseminating illegal and or inappropriate information in an area where the driver does indeed have little to no opportunity to to effectively respond.
DAC/Hire Right is an area where well informed transportation legal counsel (READ ATTORNEYS) is definitely a step that the driver should use should he/she find one’s self a victim of this flawed and unfair system.
Regards,
LandShark