Drivers Record Requests

I'm curious, when an employer requests a drivers record, what do they see?

For instance, I had my first speeding ticket in probably 10 years just as I was returning home from my honeymoon in September. It was a doozey, and would have slapped me with quite a few points.

Through the great work of a fellow GRM member and a referral to an attourney, the entirety of my points where dropped and my fine reduced to half. I still have a speeding ticket on my record, but its for 5mph over and no points.

Does my potential employer see the original violation, or just the final judgement?

If you're applying for a job as a driver it may be relevant. Does he have the right to ask?

Did he also do a background check or security clearance?

It would be the final judgement. The state doesn't get the info until the matter is adjudicated.

In reply to Don49:

Ok that clears it up.

Basically, you could get pulled over and arrested for speeding while DUI without a license, but if you were found completely innocent, nothing would ever appear on the DOT driving record, correct?

Ohio driving records only retain the most recent 3 years

It's the final judgement.

But, he probably won't see anything for a violation 10 years old (depending on the state).

GA has a choice to do a 3 yr or a 7 yr MVR report. The contract we were working under required a 5 year, so we always asked for a 7 year.

We saw the final judgements, only for the period requested. If an employee erred and requested a 3 year, that's all we saw.

aussiesmg wrote: Ohio driving records only retain the most recent 3 years

That doesn't sound quite right.

According to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles:

OH BMV said: There is no section of the ORC that states convictions ever come off of a driver record. However, an administrative decision is in effect that allows for Driver Abstracts to only reflect the last three years driver record activity.

Sounds like OH retains points for 2 years, and shows violations for 3 years on a report (abstract), but the actual record of the violation is permanent.

I realize you are there and I am not, and you have a background in police work and I don't know crap, but still...