I have 4 preventable accidents in my first 7 months

One, you should probable read that with a grain of salt or ten. DAC has faults, I'm not trying to say they don't. But one thing they don't have is freeform text imput

I think they have a negative reputation because a lot of people don't like to hear the "truth". "Oh, it's just a minor scratch." as the whole roof is peeled off...
Another issue that seems to bring out hate on DAC is the company lying when they should be hating on the company that put the bad information in DAC. After all, all DAC is is a reporting database. The company will say whatever they will say even if DAC isn't there. At least DAC is regulated the same as credit reporting agencies are. I.E. if information isn't true there are steps to correct it. 1.st is a dispute that causes the company to provide proof of the information. 2nd is a freeform text to give the drivers side.
Thing is, even without DAC the company is going to still be lying, if they are. DAC only makes that problem easier to fix.

 

Sounds like 110 years good.

 

That's fair. DAC's information is only as good as what they're supplied.

 

This is the reason that first time Owner Operators fail so much. If I drove like this when I started I would had went under right away. And everyone always says to learn on some one else dime. I guess this is what OP is doing. Can't knock them for that at least.

 

Look on the bright side: At least you don't have FIVE preventable accidents in your first 7 months of truck driving!

 

I feel bad for you. But I just have one or two questions: 1-Where did you learn to drive? Was it a school? 2-Did you do any driving at all during your learning period?

 

Schneider put him on an account that should be for experienced drivers only.

 

The guy should have waited until they all came off. He would have saved a bundle.

 

You really need to read the fine print and get a better feel of the regs before making such a statement about what an accident is. Accidents, as stated in 391, are defined in 390.5. The term is also DOT recordable and a carrier must record said accident on their accident register. ANYTIME you see the term ACCIDENT used the FMCSA is referring to a recordable unless that word accident is used in a part with its own section that defines an accident differently!

Accident means -
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this definition, an occurrence involving a commercial motor vehicle operating on a highway in interstate or intrastate commerce which results in:
(i) A fatality;
(ii) Bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or
(iii) One or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring the motor vehicle(s) to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle.
(2) The term accident does not include:
(i) An occurrence involving only boarding and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; or
(ii) An occurrence involving only the loading or unloading of cargo.

 

Just to expand my last comment. The FMCSA defines an accident as defined by 390.5. If it does not fit in that section the FMCSA DOES NOT consider it an accident. Then you have insurance carriers and how they define one. A carrier safety dept can further break them down as an accident, a preventable accident, or a simple incident! Please let's not overthink these terms.