Fighting a preventable with Swift.

Good question driver and the answer is yes. I will give you my experience with a similar situation. I was backing into a parking spot at the flyj in KY, after a long day and previous night. As I was backing my van trailer, I made contact with the left fender of a parked truck. Caused about $300 in damage,,,not real serious. Anyway, I called the company and me and the driver gave our information. No cops were called so, no police report was filed. It is not on my PSP but is probably on my DAC. I am waiting on a new copy now, will let you know for sure when I get it. Carriers are the ones that make reports to your DAC, you MVR is a report of all you citations, in a 4 wheeler but, not just that. I got put out of service for driving on a suspended. My state suspended my license for the med card crap and that is on my MVR but not the speeding ticket I got in my state, back in February. So, haven't done the research on the specifics of that. Your PSP is all the crash data and Inspection date. No one knows for sure how long the data on your DAC stays on there but, it's not as crucial as your PSP and that data stays on there for 5 years (crash data) and 3 years (inspection data). MVR is 3 years I believe.

The situation you speak of should be "non-preventable" but, since there is no report, it is up to the safety person whether or not it is a non-preventable or a preventable.

 

I believe he may be referring to the PSP based on the context of his post. There are many that interchange the two terms quite often and do not realize they are two different animals.

 

You said, "dac doesn't mean jack",,,that is not entirely true and you just stated that same thing. Let me explain brother... Your company questioned you because of the DAC, Yes? They made a decision based off of what you showed them or told them and they sided with you, right? Fantastic btw. My accident that is on my DAC is not on my MVR but, it happened in 2009 and I just got my MVR two days ago. I can tell you right now though, not everything that is on your DAC or PSP will be on your MVR, those are all 3 different reports. I have had to show the police report for that accident to the last 3 jobs I applied to and will probably have to show it to the next job. When you say CSA are you referring to the PSP report? If your company hadn't believed you than, you would not be working for them right now,,,that is how the DAC does mean jack, brother..

You don't know where I can see what? No, the companies won't discuss this with you, your speaking of prior companies, right? Yes, you have to file a disagreement with HireRight, although I have not heard of anyone that has had anything removed. Why is HireRight at fault for the information that the company puts on there?

 

First off he will have issue's finding employment because most companies have a no more then 3 or more moving violations in 3 years. Even if this is non preventable he now has 2 incidents on his record in less then a year. He has to keep a super clean record from here on out. Heck if he gets a scale overweight ticket. Swift might fire him, and if a company fire's you. You really are going to have a hard time finding employment. On coming traffic is suppose to yield. So no that's not your fault, but companies still will pass on your application for the guy who doesn't have no tickets or accidents. Unless they are super desperate for drivers. Those companies who are super desperate for drivers are those you really don't want to to work for anyway.

 

All I can say is I will be on the list of Drivers who have been damaged by CONWAY TRUCKLOAD for putting silliness Preventables on my DAC, And I await the Class Action Lawsuit when it happens. And if I'm not on the list can someone add me to it? Thank You.

 

What I'm trying to say is that the DAC report doesn't mean jack when you have your MVR and PSP to back up your story. It's the word of private companies vs DOT data.

 

Simply look it up.

That type of accident, is listed as preventable.


However,

Swift may give you a break and list it as non-preventable.

 

Collisions Involving Lane Encroachment
Professional drivers sometimes feel they have been a
victim of entrapment when a collision occurs as another
driver changes lanes. However, a defensive driver is
rarely a victim of entrapment. Usually, in collisions
involving lane encroachment, the professional has
failed to yield to the other driver. Similarly, entrapment
in merging traffic is an indication of unwillingness to
yield to other vehicles or to wait for a break in traffic.
Driver must avoid squeeze plays causing crashes with
parked cars, pillars, and other road structures. The
driver can prevent such crashes by dropping back
when another driver forces the issue or contests a
common portion of the road. A blind spot is never a
valid excuse for lane-encroachment collisions. Drivers
must make extra allowances to protect themselves in
areas of limited sight distances.
C

 

this may save you.

Non-Preventable Collisions: Some non-preventable
collisions include the following circumstances:
• Struck in rear by other vehicle
These are Non-Preventable if:
• While proceeding in their lane of traffic
at a safe and legal speed
• While waiting to make a turn from a proper lane
• While stopped in traffic due to existing conditions
or in compliance with a traffic sign, signal or officer
• Struck while legally and properly parked
M

 

I like how the paragraph uses the word, "Usually", and how it is basically saying the 80,000 rig should be the one to fall back. We all know, we are slow and that is why the 4 wheeler's rush to get ahead of us...but, we are the ones at fault for being big and slow..lol Cracks me up it does.