Difference between DAC and driverIQ

I answered this question in comment #10. I am not sure why you are continuing to ask these questions.

 

Yep.

 

It depends on the company doing the hiring. If said company is not regulated by the FMCSA, then a DMV/CLUE check is what they are going to check.

If, however, that carrier is regulated by the FMCSA, then they had better have more in that driver qualification file than just a DMV/CLUE check.

 

I agree to a point.

We have to look at private property "accidents" that do not involve another vehicle (meaning major damage) as incidents.

Incidents, unless they fit a specific DOT-recordable event, then it is up to the company's policy on how to record them.

If it is a safety-related incident, but still not a DOT-recordable event, the company can consider it the same as a DOT-recordable event.

Being an incident, if there is no insurance company involvement, it would not show up on the C.L.U.E. report and does not warrant an investigation under FMCSA regs as if it were an accident.

In the OP's case, I would think that they were parking lot issues, but he hasn't disclosed them (maybe he should).

 

First, THANK YOU for using the correct term DOT-Recordable and not the incorrect DOT-Reportable.

As to the other stuff. I can agree that how a carrier records "situations" that develop during the day-to-day operations, short of any rule, is 100% on them. What I am reacting to, though, is this seemingly myth that these 3rd party sites like DAC are some super database with the intent to (redacted) drivers over. Because all of the data is somehow wrong and put up there by vindictive carriers. This is a 100% misunderstanding of the system. I have expressed this comment many times on these boards as well as others. I will say it again. DAC et al ONLY have the information sent to them by the carriers that report, and, YES, not all carriers report to them. The problem with these misconceptions is that the information DAC has comes from the internal files in the carrier records. These are the same records MANDATED to be checked BY FMCSA RULE! Just as a driver can't legally hide a medical condition because of HIPAA from a carrier that makes a job offer, dependent on releasing those records. A driver can't do an end-around on hiding bad information simply because the hiring carrier does not use DAC et al. Almost all of the things a hiring carrier are by rule required to check are also required to be in that drivers qualification file. This is a file that is required to be kept just like the accident register.

 

OP, looking at those incidents, only one; the parked vehicle, should become a major issue.

I have, using MVR reports and former employer contact never had a problem with a record like this UNLESS there is something else to compound things.

Most motor carrier responses [if they do respond], is usually limited to the basic facts:

Start and End dates, terminated Vrs. vol. quit, and if eligible for rehire.

BTW I've hired many excellent drivers over the years who had one report saying 'terminated not eligible for rehire' among several clean responses from others.

Like Moose said above DAC isn't the draconian job-ender it is thought to be.

Their 'termination report' gets the carrier $2.50 each off their bill and is a lawyer designed 'check box' form with limited choices and sparse room for vindictive driven diatribes about the driver.

It DOES have a few 'zingers' such as 'quit without notice' and 'abandoned equipment', etc.

Back when I had over 100% turnover to maintain 165 owner operators with three years of 165+ terminations; and we were using DAC for MVR's for all potential hires; I completed a lot of them.

Background checks directly from carriers usually don't say negative things UNLESS there is a reason, too easy to gather lawsuits.........