DAC Report implications - what would you do?

Started out with a mega carrier this year and I'm a newbie to the industry. I practiced poor trip planning and used Google maps as a GPS as my Qualcomm lost service and got all funky on me. I ended up bumping into a low bridge at 13ft 0 inches. The only clearance sign was only on the bridge itself and I didn't have enough time to fully stop before impact. The tractor completely missed but the top front of the trailer got scrunched back a couple inches. No damages to the bridge. No police involved.

Just today I submit a request to view my DAC report as there is nothing on my dmv or psp at this point.

I plan on staying with my current employer for at minimum a year and I'm not sure how long this accident will affect me for.

Other than performing a correct trip plan and being more road cautious, is there anything I should be concerned about?

If I make it through my first year with no other accidents will I still be able to command a solid wage?

 

You need to find a book that details the bridges that are low. You also need to source DOT state by state themselves in the high wide and super loads section for clearance problems along your route and make adjustments.

Im not going to give you a hard time for a whoopsie on a low bridge. But be a good boy and learn your lesson and try to do better. Being in fear of losing your job to something that is preventable is a good thing to be in right now. I think you will be a better driver because of it from now on.

Being too tired is not a excuse.

I do offer this advice. ANY time you find that you are either TOO TIRED or NOT in the RIGHT MIND to touch a CMV... STAY put and get a nap until you are feeling better. 99% of all preventable come up against someone whose state of mind or fatigue bites em in the butt.

I am very tired right now after a horrible morning at the doctors. But I know enough to simply blow the whistle and clock out for the afternoon. My day is a success at that doctor, but I refuse to try and push on through the fog of being too tired right now. Whatever else need doing will wait until tomorrow.

 

Thank you for taking the time to respond, I appreciate your advice and will do my best to follow it. Any recommendations on these books you speak of? I able to search Google just fine but if you have a certain publication in mind I would like to know

 

rand mc nally TRUCKERS ROAD ATLAS.
usually in the front, they will have state by state low clearance bridges.

restricted routes as well.

and in the future, if you DO NOT SEE a warning sign BEFORE the bridge, SLOW DOWN

 

I was able to brake a tad bit better than those guys!

 

but, you still "topped a trailer". so yes, it will be on your DAC, if your employer subscribes. other employers THAT subscribe will see that report, and may deny you a job. topping a trailer is as big a no-no as a rollover and jackknife.

you are lucky, it was not a police report, then that would have been on your DMV for whatever time frame your state has, 3? years, 5 years?

but it will stay on your driving record for life. (had a cop report been done)

 

Hillarious!!!!

 

There used to be a little book sold in the 76's that listed bridges around the USA. This was before there was a internet or cell phones. Everything is on paper.

The Rand McNally motor carriers atlas is your first go to. Inside that is DOT contacts for every state, especially for routing etc.

Low Clearance POI - GPS Data

Chicago Bridge And Viaduct Clearance Guide

A example of Washington DOT

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/337A7006-8808-4790-85EA-167C8AC39F2E/0/OverheightLoads.pdf