Driver history

Your driving experience will not mean squat here, you will have to start from scratch..You might want to have your prior employers with work history faxed or emailed to you first, as I find that they probably are not will to shell out the extra $$ to do it for you...

 

Once you get your US CDL....and drive a truck in the US. You will have a driving history.

But not until then.

Sorry, that's how it works.

 

Yes they do, right after you attend a driving school. And ride with a POS trainer with about 6 months experience....and a God complex.

 

Hey Irish....think we crossed paths in a similar thread i started. I have talked to a couple of companies and all have said the same thing. No gaurantees, not exactly helpful, but then I can understand that they are dealing with hundreds of applicants and won't really consider anyone until they actually have that application in front of them.....have you got your residency yet? I'm in a similar situation, NZ does not keep a driving "history", just a list of driving infringements going back five years. If you dont have any infringements then there is no piece of paper to give you.

 

Im still in NZ and won't be there until October, but ive lived in CA before so no worries adjusting to the lifestyle. I'm moving back to Monterey, not too far from your neck of the woods and probably going to school in Sacramento. I'll be doing the same thing, getting my regular license, and driving like a granny for awhile and then going to school as soon as i get my work authorisation. As far as I know, after reading the DMV site, there is not waiting period for getting your CDL in Ca...not sure about other states, might be an issue depending on where you go for a job??? I will have to check that out.