Parking Lot Mishaps

Hey all,

I've been curious about this for a while but haven't really been able to find a specific answer regarding it. About 14 months ago, I was backing into a spot in truck stop and I clipped a Volvo mirror on my blindside. It didn't break, but it did scrape the housing and bent the non-hinging support bar on the top of the mirror. There were no police involved or anything, but we did exchange information. At the time, I was running as an IC in a friend's truck which was leased through a mega-carrier.

Would something like this show up on my record? I've been a little concerned about it because I've otherwise had no other incidents in the 19 months I've had my CDL, or ever on my regular driving record, and there's a position I'm really interested in that requires no preventable accident in the last three years. Is this something I should list as a preventable accident, or is it not something that would show up on my record? I didn't list it when I applied to the company I'm currently with and nothing has come up about it, so it's made me wonder if something like that - something which happens on private property with no police involved - is different from something that happens out on public roadways.

 

That's what I was hoping for, but unfortunately it was one of the 'role model' fleet drivers for a company and I know he reported it because my there was a deductible on my weekly pay settlement from it. I was thinking the same thing though - why would anyone bother reporting a folding mirror on a company truck? I'd have just popped it back out and gone back to sleep.

 

It still functioned all the same, but point taken. I personally wouldn't have sweat it though. For all the shop knows, someone hit it and left while the driver was away from the truck. I'm not the kind of person who would want to make a big deal over plastic mirror aesthetics knowing it could affect the person's record.

 

Unrelated to the question I posted, but okay.