Speeding tickets

The issue here is training time vs sitting time. Most companies are not going to hire people with no recent training. The have to have gotten their CDL training semi recently or the deal is off. The rudimentary skillset of new drivers degrades REALLY quickly.. like produce, you cannot let them sit around too long before they rot

 

It's a stupid decision to pay out over $4000 to a private CDL school then go to work for some mega. You can get your CDL for free through a mega and guess what, if you bone out on your year contract with that mega you can pay them for it anyways.

 

You're right, I won't attempt to argue that point. If a person can have a regular driver's license they can get a CDL. What I should have said is right now you might not get hired because of those tickets, but this can change in a year or two, BUT beware you are going to have to take a refresher course. (more money)


Generally speaking, when I am talking to people that have "issues" like this, or SAP problems what I attempt to do is tell them time is your friend. Stop the behavior that is causing the problems or go flip burgers at Bobs Burger joint for a living. That go flip burgers remark can trigger some people as being insensitive, but the truth is brutal. Also remember this. EVEN if you have many years of experience and you take years off this job in most situations you are going to be forced to take a refresher. It sucks, But @FozzyNOK is right!

 

I checked with our insurance company. Any speeding ticket 15 over and up, reckless driving ticket, or a DUI means immediate loss of insurance coverage for that driver for five years. I had to check because we've never had that come up before.
So, for us it's five years. That's okay. It's one of the ways we keep our insurance costs down and I imagine most small companies are the same.

 

You’re fine. Don’t let the naysayers get to you. Most applications ask for a 3 year history and in that case you have one ticket. If they ask for 5 years you will be ok in a couple months as one other ticket will fall off. As long as the rest of your record is clean.

I worked with Schneider and had a 21 over ticket.

 

Well here is the problem, 15 over is a hard sell to the insurance if you had ONE but three, they will not insure MOST drivers.

My insurance company goes back 5 years for these things, and they always show up even if they are expunged.

What I have seen lately is schools are taking the money and ignoring the ethical thing to do by explaining to the student their chances of being hired before they take the money, maybe this should be another discussion for the FMCSA to change the regulations.

 

The ones from 2017 & 18 should be off your record…order a copy of your driving record from dmv to confirm that..

 

3 years clean for majority of companies. 5 years for pretty much top tier companies is the rule of thumb. Plus economy plays a big part also. Since there is too many drivers and not enough freight having a clean record is important. Before this year you could have mess ups and get hired almost anywhere. Not now.