Tire Blowout Accident How Does It Affect My License From California?

I was driving in another state and my tire blew out, I have witness that state that as well. there was another car involved the the passenger is safe and no injuries to her except they were shooken up and so was I. It just happened out of no where, I checked everything. How does it affect my license? how does the point system work? I am very worried as this is my only source of income.

I was driving in another state and my tire blew out, I have witness that state that as well. there was another car involved the the passenger is safe and no injuries to her except they were shooken up and so was I. It just happened out of no where, I checked everything. How does it affect my license? how does the point system work? I am very worried as this is my only source of income.

Were you in your personal vehicle or a CMV?

I was on the job on the truck.

I was on the job on the truck.

I had an accident that did not involve another vehicle. I was told my company does not report it to the DMV but the accident was DOT recordable. It goes on my DAC but did not affect my NJ license at all. Basically, it doesn't matter unless I change companies in less than three years (many companies want clean driving for that long) or I had other issues which could cause me problems with my current company.

I'm not sure how it would differ if another vehicle was involved. police were not involved in my accident. You need to call your safety department and ask them since company policies differ.

Giid luck

Were you CITED FOR THE ACCIDENT?

No ticket - no effect on license (points/etc.). A blow-out & loss of control on a crowded highway, you can pretty much expect to hit someone else.

Was it DOT REPORTABLE? If no vehicles were REQUIRED TO BE TOWED FROM THE SCENE, and no one had to be TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL - than typically, it would NOT BE A DOT REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.

Was it recorded as a PREVENTABLE or NON-PREVENTABLE ACCIDENT? This is pretty much up to your SAFETY DEPARTMENT. Typically, equipment failures not attributable to the driver (like a blowout caused by HITTING A CURB for example), would go down as a NON-PREVENTABLE.

Assuming you got NO CITATION, it was NOT DOT REPORTABLE and your safety department put it down as a NON-PREVENTABLE, it should have little (if any) effect on your license or future employment.

If you got a citation - FIGHT IT. At best, you can BEAT IT.

If it went down as a DOT REPORTABLE, not much you can do there. Though it still may be recorded as a NON-PREVENTABLE if it was determined that there was nothing you did that contributed to it, and nothing YOU COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT IT

If safety put it down as PREVENTABLE - there was a REASON THEY DID. You can ask them to REVIEW IT. If the tire blew out because it was BALD, and you rolled with it ANYWAY - then it was PREVENTABLE. If (as you say) you checked everything, and you had a blowout (which is not a rare occurrence).

All things being equal - if the circumstances were as you stated - and you have no other citations or incidents in a CMV , I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Rick