Does this count as an accident on applications?

unfortunately, yes! it does.
what a jerk coulda buffed the scuffs out.

 

couldnt have said it better.

 

Shux Howdy, Slingblade,.......
a mirror, a fender ---- they all count the same.
I'm thinkin', if I were you, under similar circumstances,
I mighta gone ahead a gave his Big truck another shot.
Ten points for the radiator.
Five points for a fender.
With good aim --- you coulda picked up 15 points.

HeY!
WaiT!
Including the mirror, that'd be 18 points.

Meanwhile, your trailer would suffer practically NO damage ---
and that other driver would be sittin' for days, waitin' on repairs, ......
and thinkin' of you all the while.
And lookin' in a mirror, wonderin'
if he'da handled thangs differently,
where would he be now?

 

I know that it is a bummer that the guy had to report it, but a company driver doesn't have a lot of choice. I can see why he would not be willing to jeopardize his job for not reporting an incident. These are pretty lean times right now.

 

I still say, if that other driver wanted to write an accident report,
by golly, give 'em something GOOD to write about.
Knock his headlights out, too.
Dad-burnnit.

 

Yes, it's an incident & should be reported.

From the old retired federal DOT official

 

What if his company charged HIM (the "jerk") with every little ding, dent or scratch? I don't want someone else's "accident" on my record. I will photo and report ALL such incidents to protect myself. Call me a :: too.

 

About a month ago coming back from New York I was on I believe it was I-59 in Alabama. I came upon some construction where the lanes where tight with a jersey wall on each side of the "road". I usually dont pass other trucks in these situations but this time I did. As I was passing I quess we both got a lil too close to each other and our mirrors hit. My mirror was pulled back (not broken), so I decided to pull over to fix my mirror and see what the other driver wanted to do. Well he didn't even stop just waved and kept going, so I fixed my mirror and also went about my own business. Problem solved.