Need Help New Driver

Hey I’m 20 years old with a cdl-a with no restrictions I got tankers and tripes and doubles endorsement

i got in a car accident in February before I got my cdl at fault rear end driver had no insurance or license I got break checked but the insurance adjuster wouldn’t pull camera footage or look in to it so I just accept it was gonna be on my record

I’ve tried to apply to over 100 jobs did over 10-15 phone interviews and everything was going good till I said I had a accident most company’s said they don’t hire people with a accident in till it’s been a year old

I also have no experience I’m a fresh graduate from cdl school

also wanted to know if it would be smart buying a tractor and starting a business I have around 50k saved up and a 750 credit score and I got good business credit from a old business so I have the money to do it just wondering would I turn a profit not having contracts and insurance would be high

I live in Houston right now but I can get my license in Washington state applied to jobs in both places

 

I didn’t have a dash cam it was a 4 car pile up they where all related it was on the highway and I looked it up there is camera right on the merge he merged over a solid double white line and break checked so all they need to prove is he was merging from that highway on the one I was on and the police footage would show the accident being on the double white line

 

The cop also didn’t give him a ticket for not having a license or insurance i even ask the cop if everyone had a license and insurance he said yes I looked at the statements when I got home and seen he didn’t have it so I called the police station and talked to the chief he said he was sorry and shouldn’t of been handle like that they also towed my car to the police impound when I told them I wanted it towed to a crash center I would pay right there but the cops told them to take it to the police impound and not there

 

U think I can get hired on to a company or my trucking career is done because I heard once u don’t have recent experience u have to go back to cdl school to get recent experience I was thinking of going back to Washington and starting a lawn care company I just feel like it’s way less risk and liability it’s crazy how insurance control’s everything what happens when u hire a hard working driver he gets in a car accident and then u got to fire him cause ur insurance is to high I have other family members that work for Sysco and people quit everyday and they pay good I feel like that’s the hardest part finding a good driver

 

I was the car in the back and traffic wasn’t fully stopped it was 4 cars including me

 

They gave me the ticket cause I was the one in the back that rear ended him “causing him to hit the next car causing that car to hit the next one