Trying to get hired OTR with a careless driving conviction.

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  1. 10538

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    Thanks VM, will contact them tomorrow.
     
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    Regarding your last sentence I had always heard it was the other way around but it doesn't make much difference,
    the day it happened was December 2024 and the conviction was February 2025.
    As for your first sentence I am inclined towards pessimism as well,
    not just in this matter but generally, so I was hoping I was wrong,
    that one such offense might not be disqualifying
    or that it might make a difference that the offence wasn't behind the wheel of a truck.
    I know someone who dumped his rig and got hired elsewhere a year later, a few years ago.

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  5. Chinatown

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    I can understand why you're anxious to return to Thailand.
    Just looking at some YouTube videos of rooftop bars and jazz clubs there.
    It all looks so modern and clean.
    Couple of police officers from here retired and moved there.
     
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    New Jersey had a two point 'careless' and a four point 'reckless" and I often had to remind my insurance broker's clerk of the difference.

    On the other hand, NJ based carriers were aware of the difference.

    NJ uses careless to cover a variety of sins where other states have more specific minor moving violations.

    It shouldn't matter if the rest of the MVR is clear; times like now are making it harder but there are several carriers already listed that woiuld make a good bridge to a better position -or- a bankroll and a ticket back east.....
     
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  7. 7speed

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    How about Met Express?
    Met Express – CDLDriverJobs.com
    Requirements:
    Class A CDL and at least 22 years old with 6+ months of OTR tractor trailer experience in the past 3 years, or 3 months in the past 12 months.

    Good MVR no more than 3 tickets in the past 3 years, no more than 2 minor acccidents in the past 3 years, No DUI / DWI’s or Crimes in the past 5 years.

    Hiring States – CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, WV
     
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    You posted a couple of good leads today! MET and Cox
     
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  9. ColoradoLinehaul

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    Try Werner. If it's your only ticket, they MIGHT after the ticket is a year old.

    You might also try Saia. They allow two moving violations in 3 years.

    Most of the lesser OTR companies will make you wait 3 years.

    The middle tier companies will make you wait 5 years.

    The really good companies will make you wait 7-10 years.
     
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    If you’re willing to do flatbed, try OCMC trucking out of melrose park IL. If you have good work ethics you won’t have an issue making 2500 weekly consistently. I believe they allow 1 moving violation in past 2 years.
     
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    So anyway I got hired a day or two after I made this thread , hired by the third or fourth company I called. 1099 , Chicago company, which I am familiar with/used to. Smaller company than I'd prefer though...they have less than a dozen drivers. Been working for them about 25 days now. Logs are edited routinely by office, sometimes even for no apparent reason/gain...I could wake up after a ten hour break and oh, okay, I had a 34 hour reset, which I didn't need at all. A couple other negatives. Like, they (pretend to) think tires last forever if you check them enough. Meanwhile when they issued me the truck they didn't even know the heater was busted, kaput..they needed me who'd been in the truck for 2 minutes to tell them about it. Positives are, no problems with the tractor since and they don't hassle me about when or how I work or crave extra unnecessary "communication" , they're content to be uninvolved.... And the tractor has no cameras, alarms, "active safety features" or voice nagging. Big plus. So hopefully I can stand to do 6 months in it.
     
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