DAC Report

I have been driving for 13 months. Never had any accidents or issues. I started with a new company and on day 4 made a left turn onto a narrow street and a dumb driver comes blowing past me just as my trailer is turning onto the narrow street. I check my side mirror to make sure I am not going to clip him and ran off the narrow road right into the mud. It would not have been an issue any other time, I could have recovered but it had been raining for 11 days I was told and I could not get my truck and trailer back onto the road.

it took two tow trucks and 6 hours to pull me out of the mud while the police closed down the narrow residential/commercial street.

I was not given a ticket as the police officers said I simply was stuck in the mud but of the trailer had flipped, then I would have been given a citation. Luckily that was the case.

I went to a Walmart to sleep for the evening and to get the tandem right tire fixed. Next morning I was instructed to deliver the load, which I did. The load had shifted and the Consignee determined that 40 cases of Redbull were damaged. They said no big deal at all and they had seen worse

I delivered the load and drove back to the terminal only to get fired. They didn’t give me a reason but I understood completely. I was happy I didn’t get a citation and thought my record would be clean for future hires.

A trucker friend told me that the Company would put this on my DAC report and I may be unhireable. Does anyone know about this DAC report?

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Eddie -

I didn’t mean to go off the road but when I looked in my side mirror, the 3 inches I had on that side of the road went through into the mud. The road was so narrow and I naturally veered right to make sure I didn’t clip him. That was all it took - 3 inches going what - 20 mph, happened very fast. No leeway whatsoever. It was 3 different things that separately were nothing but together, cumulatively, caused this. My inexperience included so four things - firstly the speeding car, then the very narrow road and finally the 11 days of rain. Oh well. I’ll see what happens next... Thanks for the feedback though