Looking For CDL Driving Position

! Let go from Werner after causing an accident ("failure to stop at a red light")

Looking For
* an extended drive / off schedule (for every two days on one off e.g. 20 days on 10 off)
* any trailer type (van, reefer, flat, etc.)
* not driving in the North East (but am based here so getting back once per month would be nice but not necessary)
* dedicated or at least not a new place every stop
* no need for home weekly or nightly
* no manual restriction but would need some training / experience
* (recently turned down from oil sands job after poor driving test on manual, so maybe this isn't the best option)
* preferred non combination or shorter than 53'

Me
* no automatic transmission restriction
* tank & hazmat endorsements
* first received my CDL 2012 but:

* began driving this year again in February
* went to Roadmaster for a "refresher" – 01/22
* worked for Werner from 02/22-07/22
* OTR dry van USA + Canada
* let go by Werner for a traffic collision and traffic citation received in 06/22
* no injuries/fatalities​

* clean and detail orientated
* mechanically competent

* 8+ years operating and maintaining industrial refrigeration plants onboard ships​

* physically fit
* jobs involving manual work ok (e.g. flatbed)

 

Thanks for your reply, no I hadn't had any incidents/accidents before but did not drive for very long, a non-driving opportunity became available to me so I took it at that time. While driving I make it a point to not speed, do a thorough pre-trip inspection, research the route, etc. and just make every attempt to be a "good driver". Being dispatched to a new location OTR for every stop adds a lot of stress to this job and it seemed like 85%+ of the hauls I was sent on would come with some some kind of issue (wrong GPS direction, wrong address, sent to location for a live load when it's closed for the day, multiple break-downs requiring a tow and week long hotel stay in BFE with minimal pay, delivery being canceled before I arrive, wrong appointment times, where's the office for paper work, etc., plus all of the regular problems like parking, backing in tight DCs made for day cabs and yard trucks). A big mistake I made was not switching to another account or looking for another company to work with before this happened. Maybe there is another kind of CDL job that suits me, or maybe not.

I guess some good advice for new drivers is that there are actually a lot of options even with a few months experience, so if you don't like what you are doing go to sites like this or job boards smash out a resume and a actively look for something different. Don't wait until you have an accident, because after that point if you thought you didn't have many options before they become a lot less after.