Drove 2 1/2 yrs OTR (Zero DOT reportable accidents), then landed a job hauling waste w/ 48 ft trailers & 6,000 gallon tankers (mostly) from trash stations to landfill sites. Stinky job but was home every night.
Less than 9 weeks into the new job; driving fully loaded trash trailer on a downhill grade around a turn, ... & over she went landing on the passengers side. The truck is history & the trailer took some damage but was repairable. No other ppl or property involved (thank God), as it went down on bare dirt. This happened only a few miles from the home base yard. The company I was working for at that time was able to get their own team to the accident site, clean it up, & haul it back to the yard. No DOT involvement. A trooper on the scene gave me a summons for "failure to maintain a lane" (There was only 1 lane where this happened). I went to court & was able to get the summons knocked down to "obstruction of lane" ... or something like that. (Zero points for this ticket). On my MVR I have zero points too (unless the accident changed this?).
After some physical therapy I'm ready to go again.
This brings me to an area I've never been b4.
Where do I stand for landing another driving job? What info should I obtain & how do I get it? I'm 90% sure the small trash company I worked for doesn't use DAC, but there has to be records of this somewhere?
Advise/ info is needed & appreciated.
PS /Tip: I you ever drive a trash load, constantly think to yourself "concrete on top /mattress on the bottom". It may save you from going down on a turn. Trash loads are a different animal.
Accident/ Career?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by RightSideSlide, Dec 28, 2010.
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Were you fired from that job? And if so what was there specific reasoning. I would think if you were injured from that accident they should have taken you back.
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Hardlyevr: The company had/ has a probation period b4 being put on as company employee. I signed legal binding documents to it & the accident occured during that period. This enables them to let a driver go for any reason they see fit.
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I don't think it should hurt you too much, you've got 2.5 years of a good record. Some companies demand a stellar record but not many.
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send off to DAC for a record, you get one free per 12 mo's still ( i think)
go to DMV and pull your 7yr record for a few bucks
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