Accident question

then he admitted fault at the scene, this is great news for you.

yes you will get dinged on your DMV file at your home state, you must report this to them in x amount of time.

you will have to show this accident (non-preventable) on any application you fill out, for up to 5 years, depending on your state time frame.

other than that, you should have NO problems.

 

Can you quote the reg for that?

 

Beats the hell out of me. People hit me, smash vehicle maybe get hurt and I hear nothing on my own DMV once I get told to scram.

 

This is true
There goes the ol safety bonus
It's bullschmitt

 

I had a dispatcher with 150 souls in addition to my own. He promised us all a free dinner of our choice if we got so many miles safety free. (Now there is a condrundum)

I reported blown bolts on the doors that morning, hours after he announced we all won a dinner. Mine was the first problem 13 miles over. I told him to take my place and feed someone else.

 

Lol
You make him sound like Davy Jones
Which is accurate as I feel I'm rowing a slave ship

 

Instead of two years before the mast
It's forty years behind the wheel
I shoulda told him I wasn't afraid of death.

 

Yoo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Full and by as she goes helm!

Not too many know the sea on here. I miss it.

 

OK, i'm going to try this again. Yes it is true that you as a not at fault driver can be assessed CSA points. However several things have to happen first. Look at the below it is from the link I posted before.

Q: What data will CSA use to track, measure, and evaluate carriers?
A: The CSA systems will use the following:

• Crash reports provided by the states for DOT recordable crashes.
• Roadside inspection reports provided by the states, and all violations listed on the reports.
• Violations discovered during interventions conducted by state or federal investigators.

For a driver to be assessed points one of the above has to take place. I can tell you now that the states as a regular practice don't normally report not at fault drivers ( I asked this question several years ago ). If a not at fault driver gets assessed points it is because a MCSAP/DOT/CVSA officer filed inspection reports on both drivers.

As to the reporting of an accident on future applications most of the time the company is only interested in at fault accidents. As a good practice I would list all accidents regardless of fault up to the full 10 years as mandated by the FMCSA.