Driver history reports

i get a DAC yearly, usually at this time of year in fact.

i do not get anymore copies of my driving record, as i am not looking for another job, and retiring this year.

after i retire, i will be turning in my CDL, and be done with all the bullcrap of this industry.

 

After a sufficient years gone by I am clean. With one exception, Covenant which maintains their own industry database that is a copy of DAC for the use of the other 14 fleets teamed up with them. They remember a botched orientation in 1996 with me. I am persona non grata with these people over the hearing issue. It's unfortunate.

If I was to get back into it which I am actually evaluating carefully it will be just like someone who has turned 21 and showed up at trucking school wanna drive a big rig. I would be treated like a newbie. However after 30 minutes with the road tester and a pile of company forms I should expect to be assigned a solo truck and bypass training.

However it will be under tier two without a medical card and strictly farm to elevator (Coop) here.

This industry has developed as Buddyd157 stated a whole den of rattlesnakes intent on hurting everyone one squeeze at a time.

 

There are three reports you should check yearly, or before you seek a driving job. They are:
1. PSP Report ( Pre-Employment Screening Program) - This shows all DOT Inspections that you have had in the past three years. It only shows DOT inspections. If you got a ticket, but no inspection was done, it will not be on your PSP report.You can order one online.

2. DAC Report - This is not a Government required report. It is a privately operated site that many trucking companies prescribe to, that shows a variety of information in regards to your previous driving employment. You should review this annually for accuracy. If you find bad or inaccurate data, it is your responsibility to contact Hire Right ( The company that runs it) and inform them of the inaccuracy. They will inform you on what you need to do to clear off any bad data.

3. Your Driving Record /MVR - Provided by your state . Review for convictions, or suspensions. Make sure that your info is correct.

All trucking companies must go back ten years for all your past driving employment. That is a federal mandate.

 

i had a problem with Central Transport Central Transport

they said i was an o/o...uh no

then they said i was a company driver....uh no

took like 3-4 months of dogging them to remove my name from thier files, till then, the problems i'd have applying for job.

 

I just don’t see it. Once they mandate driver facing cameras, speed limiters and automatic braking you will come running back.

 

lol.....i think hell hath frozen over...........

as it is now, we don;t have much of that crap, heck, we argued about trailer skirts. where i go in Boston, those skirts will be mini skirts at my first stop....lol

 

We have many a busted skirt. I tell them not to load certain stops on a skirt. They sure do bend a lot, LOL.

 

yeah, at my first stop in Chinatown, i gotta come off the street, down a steep driveway, into the yard, down into the docks area, then climb right up, over that same steep driveway, and into the street, and back into my door, back down again for the 3rd time down that steep driveway.

when done, it'll be my 4th time over that seep driveway.

if there is construction on the street before that stop..??

i have to climb a very high traffic island curbing, ride that on my left side tires, the drop down.

those skirts will not make it.

oh yeah, Boston joys...

 

All the best to you & congratulations on your hard work