Hire Right is no help!

I don't know which category to actually post this under and im just ranting more than asking for help. DAC Report in general is nothing but a complete joke but when something actually goes on it falsely (in my opinion) then I turn to Hire Right to dispute it, it does NO GOOD!. What good does it really do to ask me questions and submit it to the company that put it on their in the 1st place. If Hire Right isn't going to try and help an INNOCENT driver out then it is a waste of time to even offer the dispute option.

I worked for this company before and got a Speeding 15 or more violation (dismissed in court so wasn't on MVR but is on PSP). I wanted to work for them again so applied and they said they would take me back but if I get any more violations in the 1st year of working for them then they will have to let me go so I agreed to it and went back to work for them.

I was on I-5 in Washington and another motorist (car) felt like he needed to mind my business and video tape me for about 10 miles or more. Now this is where it really makes me mad. He called in on me and said I was "speeding" (How in the hell can you say I am speeding when you are in the left lane video taping me in the middle lane and you are slowing down??) Anyways, I got pulled over 7 miles from my destination by some ignorant state patrol. She wrote on an inspection report "speeding" so I had to send it in to the company but she admittedly stated "I don't really know what to do. I had to stop you to be sure you were okay since we got a call in." I was mad already and just wanted to get to the destination and didn't think "speeding" on an inspection report would be a big issue since I wasn't fined anything and she didn't have me on radar at all so I signed the paper and off we went.

I turn it in to the company and I get a call about 4 or 5 days later from the safety manager asking me what happened. I told her and she said "we need to get this taken care of because it sounds like a bunch of bs" She was on my side the WHOLE WAY WITH IT. She said "can you make a written statement so I can try to fight it before it goes on your psp record because we already have alert status so we don't need anymore points going against us" I made the statement and sent it to her.

For all you that follow the PSP, it is updated once a month at the end of every month for the most part so AS SOON AS IT HIT THE PSP REPORT, I go in to get some more log books from the terminal in LA and he says "I need to talk to you but give me a few minutes." I knew exactly what it was. He calls me back in there and says they have to let me go due to safety violations. I didn't really give a care about it at all because it was December 2nd so I went to Vegas and relaxed for the holidays.

After the holidays, I got in touch with Washington State commercial vehicle division and he was dumbfounded as to why it was showing up on the PSP report anyways as he told me, he had no record of it. He told me to fax him the inspection report and he would get it taken care of. 3 days later it was removed from my PSP and it was like nothing ever happened besides I lost my job over NOTHING. I started looking for a job again shortly after New years of 2013 and found out they put "unsatisfactory safety record" on my DAC. I have worked since then at a company and have been accepted by others. The good jobs in my opinion wont talk to me until I have atleast 18 months driving since then and no more safety problems so im pretty much screwed for something that should have never happened in the 1st place.

Bottom Line, If you get screwed badly on your DAC and you didn't do anything, you might as well look for a new career because turning to Hire Right isn't going to get you any where. DAC and PSP are just a way to hurt truckers. If I got a 15 MPH or more speeding ticket in my car and it was dismissed in court, it would be no where to be found but this stupid PSP garbage has everything on it no matter what. No reason to even check the MVR anymore which actually shows what you were CONVICTED of because all employers just go by the PSP. My MVR only has 1 point on it (wrong lane violation). Innocent until proven guilty doesn't matter when it comes to trucking.

 

CondoCruiser, it was removed. I checked it before and after and just again recently just to see what all is on their. It must not take much to get it removed if it shouldn't have been on their in the 1st place. On the flip side, I disputed the speeding 15 or more that I got and I couldn't get that removed even though it was dismissed in court. Anyways, that is the point im trying to make, THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN GET ANYTHING OFF OF THE PSP UNLESS IT IS FLAT OUT FALSE! That is why im saying, the unsatisfactory safety record is on my DAC for a false reason and I cant get anything taken care of because as long as the company chooses for it to be, then that is what it is going to be.

Yea, I learned one thing. There are some very ignorant people on the west coast.