People are not joking about DAC report content.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by jagerbomber3.0, Feb 22, 2011.

  1. jagerbomber3.0

    jagerbomber3.0 Light Load Member

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    Received a copy of my DAC today. Never have ordered one or really looked at it before. Everyone should do themselves a favor and order a copy just to take a peek and make sure all is good. I got mine and was really kinda surprised at some of the things my first company tossed in there from when i left them. I never did get along with my dispatcher there. He was just one of those classic dispatcher types that you always hear about people wanting to beat the piss out of. Anyways, we never got along and he apparently told whoever is in charge of submitting the DAC information a lot of tall tales. It really is amazing that these people can just send in whatever they want to send in. You can be a model employe and if someone doesnt care for the way you look on the day you quit they can just get in there and make up all kinds of things you did wrong. And you dont even get to find out about it right away either. Pretty crazy. The information was submitted in within a day of me being out the door. They didnt waste anytime. Everyone should order your free copy.
     
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  3. jokerl90

    jokerl90 Light Load Member

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    Wonder if anyone's ever hit a trucking company with a libel lawsuit for a false dac report? Man, that would be soooo sweet, find some ambulance chasing attorney and rake a scummy trucking company through the coals!
     
  4. 123456

    123456 Road Train Member

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    Most of the time,

    if you don't screw up- your dac will be fine.

    Unless, you chose to work for a real bottom feeder !!!!
     
  5. formertaxidriver

    formertaxidriver Heavy Load Member

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    I was happy when I sent for my free copy. All was well. Nothing shocking. They told the truth and that's a fact, Jack. Open invites to come back, (subject to review, which is let us look at your record now) and I just am glad and relieved that I didn't burn any bridges behind me.
     
  6. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    i hope that you realize you have the right to dispute ANYTHING said on your DAC...and i would.....

    how you go about it and what you say is up to you..

    one way is to (maybe) say that you worked everyday you were REQUIRED to work and that you had some disagreements with the dispatching office that you thought were cleared up.

    to say your dispatcher was an arse or "was getting even with you" will not work, as it sounds like sour grapes...

    it absolutely DOES NOT surprise me that the person in charge of submitting to DAC just flagrantly did so...you know, you can try and call the company as well, usually the safety dept handles the DAC reports, and maybe try to convince that person of your problems with that dispatcher....maybe you won't be the only one doing this, and they will see a pattern of deceit from that person....and write up a more favorable DAC.

    it's worth a shot.
     
  7. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    My company is the same way, so I believe his story. All it takes is one vendictive person with the ability to fill a DAC report out.

    You have rights to fight the DAC and then the company has to prove the allegations or it gets removed.
     
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  8. Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

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    Glad I left on good terms from my former employment.

    Clean DAC.
     
  9. The Road Dog

    The Road Dog Light Load Member

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    Sadly" I think the only thing that will change this DAC garbage, is when some Driver that has been ruined" by it; make's the new's by going Postal! on that place. Maybe then...someone will (with the power-who care's about in-justice)...(yea" rite!) can shine a light" on the Dac Parasites! and the Carriers that use them! IMO.
     
  10. Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

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    No, Truck Driver.

    You're giving the Liberal media way too much confidence. They'll report it as a nut-case trucker with lots of personal issues....why, just look at this employment history! Man, was he ever a fuse waiting for a spark! Now, look what happened...all these innocent office people injured.....we really need to take guns away from everyone and make more regulations to rein in these renegade truckers!

    Think, man, think!
     
  11. jagerbomber3.0

    jagerbomber3.0 Light Load Member

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    I sent in my dispute as soon as i got the chance yesterday afternoon. This was my first company so i have been gone for a few years now. For any of you that are wondering, it was Star Transportation out of Nashville. I dont even know if any of the same people are still there since they have been bought out by Covenant since then. Hopefully it will be different people there now and it wont be worth their trouble to go back and try and look into the matter since it has been a few years now and its basicly a different company. Who knows. Other drivers should take the opportunity to take a peek at their report though just in case someone decided to sneak something in there. This is the trucking industry and you just never really know what can go on on any given day.
     
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