Truck abandonment

And this folks, is why I always say don't fall for the company propaganda and give a notice. There is nothing unmoral about it. Look at it this way, you are simply firing the company as for whatever reason that is the best for you. Do you think the company will give you notice before firing if they feel it's the right thing for them?

Now don't think I mean 100% don't give notice. But companies like CRST will not even notice him gone. They have plenty of drivers to cover the loads. If it was a 2 truck company and the owner just cannot afford to give you what another company can, I'll talk with the owner and leave on good terms after giving a reasonable time to find a replacement.

 

CRST? 'nuff said!

 

I don't understand why drivers flirt with truck abandonment. The company decides if a situation is abandonment. They decide if it goes on your DAC. A couple of bad days or weeks putting up with a bad company & their treatment after you give notice is small compared to sabotage to your work history.

TRUCK DRIVERS just because you have an argument about a situation doesn't mean you have won the argument.

 

When I read that this was Crash & Roll, I had a slight chuckle. I ended up leaving them involuntarily, as when my co-driver left, it was in California, at the terminal, so while waiting for another driver, truck was put in the shop for minor things, I went to the hotel.
Next day I came back to find the truck gone, signed out to a new team. My stuff was still in the truck. I was a scared rookie back in 2004, let me tell ya, and that didn't help matters. After a day at the terminal asking for the truck to be returned, and annoying the terminal manager, I went back to the hotel, where I found out my voucher didn't work...
Sleeping on a picnic table under the stars is a magical experience, but wasn't really the same as my truck. I saw the manager again the next morning, brought up the hotel incident and inquired about my truck, he told me the company was under the impression I had quit. Then after I clarified that wasn't the case, I had officially entered limboland. There's more to it, but I guess it's my long winded way of saying not to sweat them, your just a warm body to them. Keep on keeping on.

 

Solid advice from Six, as usual! When this guy says somethin, you new boys better pay attention!

“But Six, they might call the cops and say that we stole that truck and we end up in jail.”

They aint keepin ya forever, and once ya get out ya can get even, which ever way ya have a mind to... Theres plenty of worse things in life than a few days in the hoosgow!

 

There are some good tidbits of information in this thread but mostly bad advice from people who are talking out both sides of their mouth. To the op and anybody else watching. Be careful, be very careful about advice you pickup on the internet. DAC is NOT the problem here. The problem is that DOT mandated driver qualification file your employer must assemble and maintain. They are REQUIRED to know your driving history and why you left the employ of a previous company. The mega carriers and most mid sized carriers are going to verify ( though not legally required ) this information. DAC is only 1 of many tools to do this. And these small carriers generally don't account for that many jobs.

 

Just to amplify my last comment people really need to better understand DAC and what is on those reports returned by previous employers. Most do not return the reasons other then quit or was terminated. There is one comment you DO NOT want returned on you. It is a do not rehire comment. I know many people in both safety and human resources depts in carriers all across the country that once they see that comment on a work history summary will stop processing an application. The largest reason for a driver to get that do not rehire comment is believe it or not stealing from their employer or customer followed by leaving a truck or load unattended either for good or a few hours and not be properly released from it.

 

I don't see how it could be truck abandondonent since your co driver took over.But then again you don't kiss the companies backside just once they'll not forget and put anything on your DAC if it makes you look bad.

 

Does Uber use DAC?