Not Disclosing A Rollover During Hire

I recently had a rollover. Dozed off, woke up going off the road and panicked and overcorrected. And rolled over on the side of the highway. I pray to god nobody was hurt. Also I am fine. Not trying to get beat up on this. I know I put lives at risk and this was terrible. That being said. I got fired and immediately started to look for another job. And found one the next day. This was yesterday. I have a hire date in 2 weeks. Problem is the rollover is not on my record yet and I didn’t mention it. I’m currently battling myself between DOING THE RIGHT THING and coming clean with the company. Or not anything and hoping I can saying work for awhile before they find out. I know these can be forums can be brutal. Especially for people like me right now. So let me have it if it will make you feel better. Just looking for advice. Also have one other dot recordable accident, side swiped a car almost 3 years ago when I first started driving.

You need to come clean and let the new company know about both your accidents. If they discover them later you could and should be fired for not being honest and informing them of your total driving history. Good luck.

I would come clean, they will probably find out sooner rather than later. Once you do they will probably immediately fire you. They may even find out about it before you start, as some companies run a new report just before orientation.

I'm gonna say you're already fired, whether you know it yet or not. It's only a matter of when:

1- When they find out...and they will.

2- When you tell them, and they learn you hid the rollover.

Failing to disclose is never good.

I recently had a rollover. Dozed off, woke up going off the road and panicked and overcorrected. And rolled over on the side of the highway. I pray to god nobody was hurt. Also I am fine. Not trying to get beat up on this. I know I put lives at risk and this was terrible. That being said. I got fired and immediately started to look for another job. And found one the next day. This was yesterday. I have a hire date in 2 weeks. Problem is the rollover is not on my record yet and I didn’t mention it. I’m currently battling myself between DOING THE RIGHT THING and coming clean with the company. Or not anything and hoping I can saying work for awhile before they find out. I know these can be forums can be brutal. Especially for people like me right now. So let me have it if it will make you feel better. Just looking for advice. Also have one other dot recordable accident, side swiped a car almost 3 years ago when I first started driving.

They will find out. It's only a matter of time.

You don't want to be in a situation where you are worried all day every day about getting that call that you know is coming but you just don't know when. That's no way to live and you will be miserable. Do the right thing for their sake and your own.

Find a warehouse job. You shouldn't be driving a commercial vehicle.

I get my clearinghouse ran every 4 months. I would assume any decent carrier runs mvr s while youre employed also to catch people like you who dont report personal vehicle accidents, tickets, etc.

I I know these can be forums can be brutal. Especially for people like me right now. So let me have it if it will make you feel better.

Hi Josh. We don't 'let anyone have it' to feel better. Some people come here for the truth, some come hoping to hear what they want to hear. We don't know who's who, we just provide the truth.

I agree with the others, tell this company before they inevitably find out on their own. Maybe them doing whatever they see fit before you start will have some benefit with getting on with another outfit later versus you starting out here then them later firing you for it.

Did you lie on your application?? That is what your facing now more so than the wrecks.

Most applications ask directly if you have had any citations or wrecks in the past so many years.

Another point is around here we don’t beat people up to make ourselves feel better. We listen and give our honest best advice. What you do with that is your option.

The 3 yr old wreck probably isn’t a big factor going forward. Rollovers are generally considered career killers. You may find someone willing to hire you, but that is an up hill battle. If your fired for lying on your application your career is definitely over.

Also, there's a ton of folks who read the forms yet don't post. They're able to learn from your mistakes.

I rarely say this, but perhaps trucking isn't the best career path for you. Not saying to be harsh. It's just that falling asleep at the wheel is inexcusable. Lying about it is absurd. It's a high probability that if you were to continue on in the trucking industry, you would do both again.