Would I be able to get hired with this driving record?

tscottme · Feb 2, 2022

Chinatown said: ↑

The license suspension will be a problem.
Many companies are forgiving if the license suspension is for letting car insurance expire or failure to pay child support.
Get your cdl first though.
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Once you get a CDL you cannot get points removed by safety classes.

I would say DO NOT even consider getting your CDL until you have found an employer that knows your full history and which has work that pays a sufficient amount. CDL schools want everyone to hurry up and get a license, even if you may only work for some outlaw Russian outfit in Chicago. 2nd chance companies may not treat you like a human or pay you enough to never get home.

TROOPER to TRUCKER · Feb 2, 2022

tscottme said: ↑

Once you get a CDL you cannot get points removed by safety classes.

I would say DO NOT even consider getting your CDL until you have found an employer that knows your full history and which has work that pays a sufficient amount. CDL schools want everyone to hurry up and get a license, even if you may only work for some outlaw Russian outfit in Chicago. 2nd chance companies may not treat you like a human or pay you enough to never get home.
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Agreed give it time and make sure you can get a halfway decent job

ComplianceAgent · Feb 2, 2022

Nfry said: ↑

Afternoon folks, considering getting my class A, but hesitant to waste my time.

I have a couple of minor accidents from about a year and a half ago that are both at fault, both involving a screaming girlfriend distracting me, that do not show up on my MVR.

One, I rear ended someone at low speed. No record of that. I WAS ticketed for improper backing with one of the collisions and ONLY the citation shows up on my mvr. I also have a couple of speeding tickets from around the same time that do show up, for 10 and 15 over which hits my license for a total 5 points.

Learned my lesson and got rid of the stressors in life and quit speeding.

The state of North Carolina which I reside in offers a voluntary point removal clinic which will remove 3 of those points from my license.

Will I be able to get hired anywhere with this kind of record after I remove those points? Maybe on the oil fields?

Appreciate yall.
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So, none of those tickets were in a CMV correct?

Nfry · Feb 2, 2022

tscottme said: ↑

Once you get a CDL you cannot get points removed by safety classes.

I would say DO NOT even consider getting your CDL until you have found an employer that knows your full history and which has work that pays a sufficient amount. CDL schools want everyone to hurry up and get a license, even if you may only work for some outlaw Russian outfit in Chicago. 2nd chance companies may not treat you like a human or pay you enough to never get home.
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Yes I planned on getting the points removed first.

OTR is attractive to me. I tend to enjoy being on the road driving and living a nomadic life while being left to mostly my own devices and I have no ties. The financing savings of living in the truck are also attractive as I'm already very frugal.

What would you say a "sufficient amount" would be with this kind of record?

And given that I can get the points removed I'm assuming that the only thing that would be on my record would be the ticket for ten over, improper backing, and the suspension for not showing up to court.

I'm not sure that would be on my record either though. Considering the violation that caused those points, and the mandatory court date that resulted from it, that resulted in my suspension, will be removed after the clinic.

Should I be volunteering any information that isn't on my record?

Nfry · Feb 2, 2022

ComplianceAgent said: ↑

So, none of those tickets were in a CMV correct?
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The speeding tickets are there, my motor vehicle record doesn't have any accidents listed.

Lonesome · Feb 2, 2022

Frank Speak said: ↑

The 15 over *might* be problematic. You couldn’t work for the outfit I drive for because the insurance company wouldn’t approve you.
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But they approve a bat?

Nfry · Feb 2, 2022

TROOPER to TRUCKER said: ↑

Agreed give it time and make sure you can get a halfway decent job
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Thanks for your input and your service.

Nfry · Feb 2, 2022

Lonesome said: ↑

But they approve a bat?
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Bat?

Chinatown · Feb 2, 2022

Get your cdl and we will give you a list of 2nd chance companies and one of them probably hire you.
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From Post #5
Can also find a job on Facebook in the trucking groups.
Craigslist also has jobs in trucking for drivers that need a 2nd chance.

Frank Speak · Feb 2, 2022

Lonesome said: ↑

But they approve a bat?
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I try to keep my special abilities on the down low.

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