How many DUI`s is too many

that is just it..


it is an issue of risk - and not character.

insuran companies dictate how you do biz - and who works for you...

 

You are right latanea, it is the insurance companies who dictate just about everything. Whether it be who can be hired/must be fired right down to how your doctor may or may not go about treating you. And of course they have to protect their own interests. Thanks to the trial lawyers. Who would not have any business if it were not for greedy people who are not willing to take responsibility for their own actions.

Unfortunately, in today's economy, companies that used to hire just about anyone are now able to pick and choose who they want. They can now afford to bow to the insurance companies demands.

 

Im sorry, but in my oppinon, 1 is 1 to many. My brother in law is a cop in a major city, done many ride alongs with him, and have seen first hand what can happen and the pain and grief it cuases family when they lose one to a drunk driver. We almost lost him while working a barracade during a stand off. a 20 yr old female driving a suv did not want to go around, so she drove thru, he tried to stop her, she floored it, hit him at 34+ mph. state police on scene stopped her asap, when they got her out of the suv, she blew a .210 and wanted to know why she was yanked from her vehc. sorry, just my .02 you drink, you drive, your done, period!

 

I agree with all that stated one is one too many. But I do know and understand that life happens at different speeds for all people, and some try real young to live real big. I know from hanging around some attys that the checks for DUIs show up on your criminal records not just your driving, so yeah they go back that far......

 

First, let me say that I hate drunk (or under influence) drivers. I am not in any way trying to defend, their actions, or lessen the consequences there of!

While I agree that one is one too many, I think we also have to look just a bit further than that.

So, you have a 35 or 40 year old, who is just getting into school for trucking. He got a DUI at 18 or 20, but has been clean since then.

Are you going to disqualify him for the rest of his life, for a stupid decision he made as a young man, barely past being a "kid?"

I think that is being both harsh, and unrealistic. I don't know of anybody who has not made some serious mistakes in their past. Not necessarily drug or alcohol related, but mistakes just the same. . .

 

Unfortunately I got burned by a 20 year old dui and a 15 year old dui.
Roehl wouldn't hire me out of school, several other companies won't because it is one too many lifetime. I learned after the second one don't do it. After the 1st one I learned I might spill my drink( alcohol abuse) lol.
I don't drink anymore because I had a problem with it... there was never enough for me too drink until I passed out.. it was not a good way to raise kids. Dad shouldn't be bombed all the time.
After getting my license back in 1999, I waited 7 years to get my cdl.
Since getting my license back no tickets, no accident, no warnings.
And I just got passed over for a job because of the dui's a week after they told me they would hire me. With the economy it's hard to get a gig. I have always told any prospective company about the dui's right off the bat. I don't need to waste their time or mine going thru Q & A and filling out paperwork to get told NO

 

Allot of it depends on if the company goes into Canada. I know at one time any DUI was a felony in Canada and there for you were not allowed into there country. BUt most are run by insurance companys like has been said the only reason SNI can get by with it is they are self insured and can do allot of things other company's can't

 

One is too many, some of recruiters have told me when I brought this up, plus with today alot of drivers laid off, competition to get a job might go down to 1 DUI in the past...

 

I may be wrong, but as I am out looking for a ride myself, I'm pretty sure that I've seen some companies that will refuse an applicant for a DUI no matter how long ago it was. Just can't remember which companies were doing that.

 

So my husband mentioned to me something about his school telling the students that if they ever had a DWI they wouldn't be able to cross over into Canada. Ever.

So I was thinking about this last night and googled it. Came across some legal Q & A site where a person wanted to know if he could cross over with a dwi...unrelated to being a truck driver, I believe.

And the answer was "If it was more than 10 years, Canada considers you 'rehabilitated and it won't be a problem....'

any truth to that?