unemployable?

.............. nm

 

why the he77 tell anybody? I dropped 2 trailers by my own retardation in my first year. What did i do? I sweated my butt off cranking the gear to get the gtrailer up. Lol
i will never again do that!!!!

 

become am owner operator promblem solved!!!!!!!

 

I know this is an old post, but just thought I'd clarify on the VA law for you all. The law they hit you with is actually "Improper Stopping on a Highway" - a moving violation in Virginia. It can be reduced down to Failure to Obey a Traffic Sign - a NON-moving violation in Virginia. Here's the kicker, when I lived in Florida and got this ticket, Florida considers the first offense a NON-moving violation and the reduced offense a moving violation. So it all boils down to your state's DMV laws. I fought the ticket in Shenandoah County and later found out through Florida's DMV that the original charge would have been a NON-moving violation per Florida law. That's what you need to find out first is how your state laws interpret the laws of another state. Just because it's a moving violation in Virginia, and the trooper will tell you so, it may not be in your state. Also, instead of hiring an attorney, y'all need to sign up for Open Road or some sort of company that will fight tickets on your behalf. It's much cheaper that way.

That's all well and good if you have your own authority, but what if you can't get your own authority and need to lease on to a company. You come under the same rules and regs as the company drivers.

 

I know this is an old post, but just thought I'd clarify on the VA law for you all. The law they hit you with is actually "Improper Stopping on a Highway" - a moving violation in Virginia. It can be reduced down to Failure to Obey a Traffic Sign - a NON-moving violation in Virginia. Here's the kicker, when I lived in Florida and got this ticket, Florida considers the first offense a NON-moving violation and the reduced offense a moving violation. So it all boils down to your state's DMV laws. I fought the ticket in Shenandoah County and later found out through Florida's DMV that the original charge would have been a NON-moving violation per Florida law. That's what you need to find out first is how your state laws interpret the laws of another state. QUOTE: Just because it's a moving violation in Virginia, and the trooper will tell you so, it may not be in your state. Also, instead of hiring an attorney, y'all need to sign up for Open Road or some sort of company that will fight tickets on your behalf. It's much cheaper that way.




I got a ticket in Indiana and called Jim Klepper (SP?) and got every run around in the book. If Jim is in with "Open Road" dont waste your money.

 

That right there is great advice. Not even sure that a lawyer is needed in all cases, but I really have no good argument for anyone that thinks they are.

It amazes me the number of professional drivers, and even the non-professional ones, who just take the ticket they were given and do nothing about it. Not only is your driving record a major part of your job, but the insurance increases on your personal vehicle for a few points on your license should be enough to make you want to do something about it.

Been driving for just over 20 years, with me driving commercially for about 7 of the past 12 years. Only about 300,000 commercial miles, so I'm not on par with some of the veterans here, but I have also put a lot more miles on my personal vehicles than the average person, so I do have some time behind the wheel. In those years, I have gotten a handfull of tickets (most of which I deserved) and never had a single point on my license.

Florida has a program where you can go to driving school to keep points off your license. Did this twice for two seperate four point offences and was well worth the few hours in class to keep my license free of points.

Went to traffic court a few times for some minor speeding tickets. Show up with a clean record, explain how you undestand that you did wrong and how keeping a clean driving record is important to you, and you walk away with a larger fine and a PBJ. No tickets for the next year, and the offense goes away. Take a lawyer and I bet you do even better.

Only ever just paid two tickets. One was a non-moving violation for not having tags on a trailer I was towing behind my pickup, but it would have been worth it to have it dropped just to avoid the hassle of disclosing it on job applications. Other was speeding in SC, which is the only bogus ticket I have ever gotten, and I just paid it because it would not be shared with my home state (therefore not on my record) and was long before I ever knew I would hold a CDL.

 

That's so true, NY and NJ don't communicate. I had a ticket in NY from 20 years ago I paid it, but never paid the restoration fee because I never knew I had one... Never in 2o years did that ticket ever come up on my NJ abstract. Long story short 2 years ago I was going into Ft Drum Military Base, they went through my truck ran my licence. Arrested me on the spot, had me hand cuffed for 5 hrs, until the State Trooper showed up. It was an old speeding ticket never the less. Trooper told that scum bag to take them f___ hand cuffs off of me...

 

May I suggest joining Pre Paid Legal service to handle those tickets when you get one. I have used the service for another matter and they get the job done.