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What can companies report to others?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by KayFox, Jan 2, 2022.

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  1. Jan 2, 2022 #1
    KayFox

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    I've been with Swift for the last two years. I'd like to move on to another company that pays better. However I do have a couple of incidents that occured over my two years. I hit a yield sign with my trailer while with my mentor in 2019, and jumped a curb with my truck in 2020 behind a grocery store I was delivering to. It broke the steer axle. Anyway Swift originally told me after one year these things would not be reported. But the last company I applied to was informed of both things. I'm just wondering if there is a way to have Swift honor their word of not reporting these incidents? Or do I just have to deal with it? My DAC is clean and I have no tickets. But these little incidents that both occurred now over a year ago have some companies feeling uneasy. Thanks for any advice!
     
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  3. Jan 2, 2022 #2
    blairandgretchen

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    Truth is the truth.

    It's equipment damage - if you haven't caused any injuries then I wouldn't sweat too hard.

    Just own up and report in your terms what the incidents were - when you apply, don't let the future employer think you're hiding anything.
     
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  4. Jan 2, 2022 #3
    Dockbumper

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    How do you break a steer axle "jumping a curb"?
     
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    blairandgretchen

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    I didn’t want to ask that question.
     
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  7. Jan 2, 2022 #5
    Snow Hater

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    Whatever your company blames on you will be shared with the next company. They always "forget" what the told you. This is how the current world works.
     
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    dchawk81

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  9. Jan 2, 2022 #7
    Dockbumper

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    That's kind what I was thinking!
     
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  10. Jan 2, 2022 #8
    Moosetek13

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    That would be internally, with Swift.
    It means that after 1 year the accident falls off your official/reported record, for things like calculating your bonus, safety score and such.

    What is reported to outside entities, however...

    And I am also curious how you broke a steer axle jumping a curb behind a grocery store.
    Usually one jumps a curb with the trailer, not the steers.
    If you jumped it with your steers, how did you get around that with your tandems intact?
    And how fast were you actually going behind that store?
    Only had mere seconds to your 0700 appointment and decided to do some racing so you could send the mac 5 'just in time'?
     
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  12. Jan 3, 2022 #10
    KayFox

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    Well on the other side of the curb was deep loose gravel. And when I called my company to report it, the first thing they had me do was try rocking the truck back and forth. To see if I could unstuck the wheel. That just dug the wheel deeper and deeper. And the steer axle was broke. Had to have a wrecker lift the truck in the air to get out.
     
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