Preventable or not?

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  1. May 12, 2011 #1
    supremeguy

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    I am putting in an application for a trucking company and it asks about my accident; I do have one accident back in 2009 and the weather gradually getting worse, snowing hard, I lost control of the vehicle and it slided to the right and sideswiped another car, and the trucking company asks if it is a preventable accident or not, what should it be?
     
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  3. May 12, 2011 #2
    panhandlepat

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    if it was in a car, what does police report say?
     
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    supremeguy

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    Police just gave me a warning for it, but I don't know it it should be classified as preventable or not.
     
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  5. May 12, 2011 #4
    panhandlepat

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    probably fault was assigned to you. but if that is all you have on your record, i would not worry.
     
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    supremeguy

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    But do I pick preventable or not preventable, on the application I have to choose one.
     
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    panhandlepat

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    that's what sucks about online apps. can you call them and inquire about it? my guess would be preventable.
     
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    Rerun8963

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    non-preventable due to weather conditions..as long as you did not get an actual ticket.....

    i had a motor bike wreck. it is a non-preventable as the car cut me off. it shows up on my DMV as an accident, but i was not charged with anything.
     
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  10. May 12, 2011 #8
    AXE

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    I'd say preventable, too fast for conditions.
     
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    Rerun8963

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    a 4 wheeler can spin out at 10 mph.....we do not know the speed, and given that he was not driving a truck under DOT rules..they should not even ask such a question if it's in a personal vehicle. at fault or not, yes...but "preventable or non-preventable"...in a personal vehicle...??

    the average driver of a 4 wheeler will never really know how to properly answer this question.
     
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  12. May 12, 2011 #10
    panhandlepat

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    that is what threw me off.
    at fault, no-fault or not at-fault
     
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