Opinion on damage to truck

I usually don't try to give disparaging feedback... But you did state he didn't call. Maybe you meant he didn't call you.. or maybe you meant he still hasn't called anyone at his barn to make them aware of the damage.

Maybe I am missing something, and any of my colleagues can correct me. But when you are doing a pretrip, you have to physically review the previous DVIR (Driver Vehicle Inspection Report) and sign off that you acknowledge any written up defects or damages.

If your son signed off that there is no damages from the previous shift, then he is obviously screwed. If he signs off on his post trip that there aren't any new damages, he is now signing a federal document that no new damages were done or found during his shift.

In short, he went an entire pretrip and post trip cycle without annotating the damages. Thus, assuming all responsibility for damages to his vehicle between his pre and post trip.

If this is the case, your son had made a catastrophic screw up. Not noticing something during your pretrip is one thing. Missing it a second time during your post trip and certifying your truck is fine on your second pretrip pretty much puts the ball entirely in his court. He went a full pre and post trip cycle and is now on the hook for not only damaging the equipment, but also not for reporting it.

I hope this is not the case and that he called someone and made them aware of his situation.

 

Just keep quiet and let Estes find out on their own or just spray grey color matching paint on it lol

 

The parts they use to make commercial vehicles with are complete trash. Not his fault the bumper is made of cheap steel and plastic.

I'd also think that your son could recall if he hit something that would cause that damage to happen, regardless of rain.

 

A simple walk-around of the truck would have picked up that scrape on the bumper. I still think it's no big deal. Not like half the bumper was ripped off.

 

Just be honest with your company and you’ll be ok. Would look a lot worse trying to fix it yourself or covering it up IMO. It’s not like he ripped off the drivers side mirror and didn’t remember it happening.

 

You and I may not think it is a big deal, but his employer may feel differently. They are the only one in this discussion that matters.

 

A magic eraser will take that paint transfer off no problem. The scuffs scratches aren’t ever coming out.