Speeding ticket, when to report it to your Company?

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  1. Trucker Tennessee

    Trucker Tennessee Bobtail Member

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    If you've received a speeding ticket and plan on fighting it in court, do you have to report it immediately or do you wait until you have addressed the dispute on your court date?
     
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  3. Bakerman

    Bakerman Road Train Member

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    Wait until everything is said & done!
     
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  4. Trucker Tennessee

    Trucker Tennessee Bobtail Member

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    Thank you, the ticket wouldn't show up on my record until everything has been in court correct? Like if my company pulled my mvr before my court date it wouldn't show up?
     
  5. Bakerman

    Bakerman Road Train Member

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    Correct.
     
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  6. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Agree. Keep your mouth shut & go to court. If you're found not guilty, you cant report something you aren't guilty of.
    As well, it wont be on your MVR until your found guilty. Again, nothing to report until you've done something wrong. In all reality, it may not go on your MVR for months after a conviction.
     
  7. againstthewind

    againstthewind Road Train Member

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    me personally i have let the company kno when i recieved a ticket and that i will be fighting it,they usually say let us kno how it turns out but i just like to be up front, probably wouldnt get fired anyway unless you have other tickets but then again ive only done this with smaller companies or contractors i worked for not the megas. prob wouldnt do the same with them which is why i wouldnt work for them,too much hassle just trying to be a human
     
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  8. Chinatown

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    Many companies these days will fire a driver when he reports a ticket, even if he just got the ticket that day.
    It's not like the old days. Same with giving a 2 week notice that you're resigning; many companies fire you as soon as you give the 2 week notice. I've seen that at places where I worked.
     
  9. baha

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    You can call RoadLaw 888 276 8000 OOIDA used them and get them to go to court and help you?
     
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  10. againstthewind

    againstthewind Road Train Member

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    ya i learned the 2 week notice thing a long time ago when i put in my notice to smith transport out of roaring spring pa, told them i would be putting in my notice and cleaning out my truck when im home for the wknd, they routed me to the terminal with all my stuff, i was young and dumb so i didnt think of renting a car but prob couldnt afford to anyway, thats way i stay away from those companies.
     
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  11. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    yes, they figured once you gave notice, you had no interst in working for them any longer, so they break ties with you, before you can steal anything..

    to this day at my ripe OLD AGE, i DO NOT give a 2 week notice...

    my thoughts..??

    they WILL NOTICE in 2 weeks, i ain't there
     
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