Mikeinflorida
Niceville,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, July 26, 2009
I worked for Werner in '06 and my DAC was never ruined. The only thing put on anything of mine from Werner was when I scatched a drivers front fender in a truck stop in Tennessee when he was pulled too far through his spot and I thought I could make it being the rookie super trucker I was then. Only thing I can say is, every big company uses USIS and DAC, but if you can get a copy you can contest it and if it doesn't get erased then you can submit a 100 word report of what happened in your own words. Every company will see your report next to their claim. Also, if you can get any trucking company to hire you as an OTR driver (not even a big company) then that will open your door to trucking again. I have heard of drivers not being able to gain employment for reasons like yours and got employed by a smaller company that doesn't follow DAC as a guideline for hiring because they know the big companies tactics. Once you get that experience, other companies will see you are hirable and have no history of accidents or incidents with the other companies so they will once again take a chance on you. It's a loophole most big companies hope you won't figure out! I drove for Werner for 6 months though and left on my own terms and they tried to charge me with abondonment but I disputed it before the truck left my house because their insurance company refused to let me drive it back to the Lithia Springs terminal, and it was the insurance company that called for the tow. So all in all, nothing was put on my DAC because they sent for it because I had been home 7 days with the approval of my dispatcher but that was when Werner still allowed slip seating and they told me I could come back to ATL when I was ready to roll and get assigned a new truck if mine wasn't available anymore. I told them to shove the truck where the sun don't shine!
Anonymous
Harrison Township,#3Consumer Comment
Sat, May 16, 2009
You are entitled to view your DAC report at a minimal cost and can dispute its contents.