American DAC Reports

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Be worried. This could happen here.

What Is A DAC Report?

The DAC employment report is a detailed summary of a trucker’s work history in the trucking industry. Most trucking companies today participate in sharing this information about truckers.

The DAC employment report contains items such as number of accidents, reasons for quitting or why they were fired, if they are eligible for re-hire, type of driving, commodities hauled, types of trailers pulled and MUCH more.

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BRENT MULLEN June 14, 2010 at 8:35 pm

I think the DAC report is totally unfair to drivers. I worked for a company called K&B Trucking for a few months. They dispatched me illegally all the time. Because I did not complain about it they really loved me and took advantage of me…
I finally got so worn out I told them I quit. They begged me to stay and keep going, but I could not. After I quit they got really upset and told me to just park the truck. I later found out K&B reported a few bad things about me on the DAC report that were untrue. K&B got mad at me so that’s how they got back at me. K&B are the ones that should have been reported but because of DAC they made me look bad not themselves. After a year I got turned down for a job and found out the reason was K&B put untrue things on the DAC report. I disputed the claims but got nothing solved. Evidently DAC takes the companies side over the worker.

Melissa

June 26, 2010 at 11:57 am
why should I have to pay to have my report corrected ? My DAC shows a felonie from about 7 years ago ! I have NEVER been arrested in my life !!! Shoot ! This is so unfair !

john anderson

August 5, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I too have been a victim of trucking companies giving inaccurate information to Dac services. They have litterally ruined my trucking resume and I cannot get a job because of them. I believe that they should have to provide proof of their allegations to Dac services. Dac services should be responsible for investigating the allegations before posting them on the reports. They should not take the word of these trucking companies.

Ron wood October 19, 2012 at 10:52 am

On Sept 14,2005 I picked up a load in Fostoria,Ohio. I stopped at a red light at HWY 224,and US 23. After the light turned green,and the intersection was clear I proceeded to make a left turn,as I was making my turn a guy driving car slammed into the right rear of my truck taking out the rear axle on my straight truck. The passenger was thrown from the car,and died. What was this guy doing that he couldn’t see a big truck in the intersection? Well come to find out that the Ohio State Highway Patrol covered up for the driver of the car,because the car was owned by the state of Ohio,and the driver was an Ohio state employee ! The judge at the Fostoria Municipal Court took the Police’s side,and I have a “Vehicular Manslaughter” charge on my record,and the state of Ohio is fighting my reinstatement since 2006. I file a disiplinary complaint against the officers,and the attorneys on how my case was handled. “Equal justice under the Law”? Not if you have cops that lie. There were witness that saw this guy run the light into my truck. Do you think the police,and Ohio attorneys were interested in an out of state trucker? I’ve lost my job,my truck,and my retirement money just trying to clear my name. I’ve driven for 38 yrs,and I just ordered my DAC Report just to see how inaccurate it will be. I doubt I’ll be able DAC will help clear up the bad information. Sound like someone should go after DAC.

Loads more here.

thetruckersreport.com/the-tr … nd-tricks/

I can’t believe what I am reading here. We had all better pray that this never comes here.

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It’s probably not much different to the situation that’s alway been here anyway.Most employers will ask for checkable work references and reasons for leaving previous employers.It’s probably another good reason to work as an owner driver instead of being employed wherever possible.

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I cant see it ever happening here theres no need.

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Saaamon:
I cant see it ever happening here theres no need.

There’s already another thread at the top of the forum about drivers needing to agree to a credit check before being offered a job.

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Harry, you’ll be ok, if your boss writes you a bad reference you could respond by telling everyone how crap the wages were, that you had to apply for tax credits to earn enough to buy a decent sausage roll, that cheap tyres on the truck had you stuck on the side of the road waiting for a tyre repair company to come out and rescue you. after reading that I doubt anyone would want to work for that cheapskate :laughing: :laughing:

On a more serious note, those DAC reports can be a nightmare, if the company puts bad stuff on there, it stays there forever, even if it’s not true :unamused: :unamused:

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Saaamon:
I cant see it ever happening here theres no need.

Dunno Harry, it would certainly stop the chaff jumping from job to job causing mayhem were ever they go!

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Left 1 company on bad terms. :imp:
Next co told them not to apply for refs as they will be bad.When asked why, I told them “I was having an affair with the boss’s wife”
Got the job :smiley:

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newmercman:
On a more serious note, those DAC reports can be a nightmare, if the company puts bad stuff on there, it stays there forever, even if it’s not true :unamused: :unamused:

It does seem like a total injustice to me, as if you can be permanently blacklisted for refusing to run bent for example.

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That’s how they work, a driver sits waiting all day for a trailer, the office tell them they’ve had a legal break while they’ve been waiting and that they must now drive all night to make sure the delivery still arrives on time, driver says ■■■■■■■■, I’ve been up all day, no way can drive all night, office writes on the drivers DAC report. Drivers know this, so they don’t say ■■■■■■■■, they do as they’re told :unamused:

The bigger picture is that instead of the trucking firm telling the customer to pull their finger out or their freight won’t be delivered on time, they say SFA because they know the driver will do it through fear of getting a black mark on their DAC :unamused:

Scary thought…

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Its not on the cards here■■? look up De Poel from the initial outrage on here to whats on the web today, its not far off the DAC system but over here

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Rikki-UK:
Its not on the cards here■■? look up De Poel from the initial outrage on here to whats on the web today, its not far off the DAC system but over here

Which companies are using it and how big is the driver database :question:

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Carryfast:
It’s probably not much different to the situation that’s alway been here anyway.Most employers will ask for checkable work references and reasons for leaving previous employers.It’s probably another good reason to work as an owner driver instead of being employed wherever possible.

I’d say it’s pretty different. For starters it’s not hard to fake a reference and half the time people don’t check them

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switchlogic:

Carryfast:
It’s probably not much different to the situation that’s alway been here anyway.Most employers will ask for checkable work references and reasons for leaving previous employers.It’s probably another good reason to work as an owner driver instead of being employed wherever possible.

half the time people don’t check them

Agree.

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If the system is biased towards the employers and there is no way that a driver can challenge the report and get it removed then it’s unjust. Surely if there is such a database in the UK then it come under the Data Protection Act, I believe that give you the right to see te information held about you and to have it rectified if it’s false.

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Harry Monk:

Saaamon:
I cant see it ever happening here theres no need.

There’s already another thread at the top of the forum about drivers needing to agree to a credit check before being offered a job.

Ive never been asked that. I was suprised to hear though that my boss knew, that someone had drove into the back of my CAR and i claimed off the other people to get it fixed, i didnt tell them anything about that.

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Harry Monk:

Saaamon:
I cant see it ever happening here theres no need.

There’s already another thread at the top of the forum about drivers needing to agree to a credit check before being offered a job.

Is that for real :question:

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I know someone who went for a job driving a lorry that had a mobile shredding unit in it worked for the big city banks collecting documents had to agree to a credit check as a condition of the job.

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newmercman:

Harry Monk:

Saaamon:
I cant see it ever happening here theres no need.

There’s already another thread at the top of the forum about drivers needing to agree to a credit check before being offered a job.

Is that for real :question:

Ive just applied for a job (not transport related) & they’ve asked for a criminal background check… :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

It’s a good thing I don’t have one (A criminal background, that Is)…