Life after an unreported incident?

If onthefence can keep finding jobs I think you can.. just suck it up and be honest

 

no backing accident is minor.....now you are charged with a "hit and run"....you cannot call that an "incident"...

as you said, "you should have known better", since after all, you've been driving 4 years now..???? how could you have been so naive...???

try finding work now......

i'd say you're toast.

good luck

 

Absolutely ! Always gather what info you can and turn it in pronto. Document everything including phone calls and q.c.msgs. The world is suit happy and everyone is looking for a payday. You were probably blamed for for what you did do....and didn't do. It's an old trick to cover other damage.

"Accident" defined: Anytime any part of your unit comes in contact with anything other than the road surface. (stolen from the safety man on point, Praxair Division, Linde Industrial Gas Group, Union Carbide Corporation.)

 

You kinda screwed the pooch there by not reporting the accident. Always remember CYA, cover your backside.

Just keep looking. Might try looking local, unless you are really wanting OTR. Be honest on the apps. Of course, if there was no police report, there isn't any record of the accident except from what those two companies are saying.

 

On the other hand, conviction with no proof is not cool either.

In for a dime in for a dollar, deny deny deny.

The other driver needs a punch in the nose.

 

i wouldn't worry about it, if you have 4 years of driving, something is going to happen eventually. just be ready to explain your side to whoever looks at you for a driving position, and be ready to hear about how you shouldn't do that.

ps, i would want receipts from your company, and paperwork to back up the claim. lets see 2000 dollars worth of damage in an estimate from a shop, and lets see pictures of this damage, as well.

just go get a local job, they never check dac reports anyway. otr trucking is a total joke, it amazes me that people think this is a big deal.......

 

what probably happeed is he friggin wrecked it after you bounced him....and is in turn blaming you....he already had your company name and truck number.....you really should have taken pics and reported it.....yes this driver is a weasel for pulling this on you...but in reality you left yourself wide open for it....sorry to say

 

True.

But, any intelligent owner and company safety person should have the brains to figure that if 2000.00 damage was done to another vehicle, there would be matching damage to their vehicle.

 

I cannot understand how you do not know who is at fault in a backing accident.
I mean one truck is normally parked and not moving. The other is moving.
Now if the other truck tried to cut behind you as you were backing it is more of a question.
But if someone ran behind me when I was backing, close enough that I hit them before I could see them, I would be knocking teeth out of their mouth as well.