Disqualified from Werner for one ticket 2 years ago?

Just keep at it.. i was turned down by ~30 companies before i got my job.. With the economy the way it is, alot of the bigger companies are looking for experience and using any disqualifiers they can to weed through the applications.

 

that's probably not the real reason they wouldn't hire you. if it was knocked down to "defective equipment," then you were NOT convicted of speeding. the trucking company can make up whatever kind of arbitrary hiring rules they want to. I don't think you're losing anything by not getting on with werner.

 

like every one said. keep trying. if you have any smaller companies near you. try them. i found that smaller companies are more forgiving.

 

I got a friend who drove for Werner. He had an accident with a four-wheeler and it was proven in court the four-wheeler was at fault. No points to my friend. Werner put it as a " preventable accident" on his DAC. They refuse to take it off!

They are going to court to battle it out.

He has several opportunities to drive but the DAC keeps him from getting a job !!

I say to heck with Werner. They don't care about their drivers!
That's just my .02 cents worth!

 

15 mph over is a big deal. Get a copy of your MV report and go by that. If it doesn't say speeding then don't report speeding.

 

i have a suspension from 97 and a few accidents/speeding 5 or so years ago hanging over my head lol... also have to check off the convicted of misdemeanor for illegal possesion of alcohol in 97... long time ago but still on paper trail :/ hope that doesnt keep me from finding a job

 

Your buddy can try to have it removed. But the end decision remains in the hands of the people who determined whether there was any possible way the accident could have been avoided. This will be the argument presented to a Judge and Jury.

"Preventable" isn't based on fault. It is based on the drivers ability and opportunity to avoid the accident to begin with.

Once/If a Lawyer has successfully presented the definition of "preventable" to a Jury. Your buddy will most likely lose his case. As most accidents "could" have been prevented.

I can give you a extreme and true example. Question posed during a safety meeting. If a driver spots a tornado coming, pulls off the road out of the path. Then the tornado changes path and turns the truck over. Was it preventable? Since it could have been avoided all together had the driver just kept going.

Safety Directer response was, "I don't know, I'll have to get back with you on that one."

He never did. Sad but true.

 

Try to get on with your local Taxi company they like a driver who knows how to get from point "A" to point "B" in a hurry. at least they do in Vegas. I always tip more when a cabbie hauls ace.