application question

It just depends on the company that you are applying to. Our company requires an applicant to list all accidents and incidents within the past three years. You should see it on the company's employment application. If you don't want a bitten butt then list them all.

When I review an application, I had much rather see too much information than not enough. If you forget to list something then I automatically see "red flags" and look closer at the other information listed.

 

List the accidents....

The company will review them for insurance purposes. Which should not prevent them from hiring you, since they are not on your MVR. Thus, it will not affect their rates. Because they sure aren't going to tell their insurance about it, unless it's on your MVR.

HONESTY will go a long way when looking for a job. And it prevents you from being "trapped" when confronted with the lie.

Drivers are always held to higher "charactor" standards, than the companies they apply with. Remember that.

 

Drivers are always held to higher "charactor" standards, than the companies they apply with. Remember that.

Interesting comment.

 

If they do not show up on your MVR as you say then the time limit in which your state keeps this record has been wiped clean. I would not mention them at all. Any trucking company you apply to will indeed call up a driver's record from your state, but that info will not show up for them either. Even if the potential company pays DAC the extra fee for getting your driving record, DAC will only recieve the same copy as you would.

 

That's a tough question. I don't know if the company would find out or not but I can tell you what my company does. They check financial records along with police checks and any other public records they can find. I don't think they would check the insurance company unless there's a data base the insurance company can check. If you were to list an accident like the one you said about leaving the scene then the company would pass you over and take the next driver. That is if you broke the law, I don't know from your question if you did or not. You could have left a note and been legal. So I guess I would say list the accidents if they require them. If by chance they find out just tell them it's not on your MVR and hope for the best.