Got denied by Werner for driving record.....

Here's a thought. You are not the first I have suggested it to, nor will you be the last.

The United States Military.

Won't cost you a dime to at least talk to them. The military offers a lot of great opportunities and educational benefits.

 

You could always try the oilfield? They give a lot of rookies like my self a chance.

 

Get a non-driving job with a local or LTL company. A lot of these dock work jobs pay a pretty good salary to start. Do that work for a while and build up some seniority there then look into transferring into a driving position. They are likely to promote from within. This will pass the time for your record to clear up a bit, you can make some money and hopefully it will lead to a seat behind a wheel ( of a truck, not a forklift). You're in California ? Look into Roadrunner, or maybe Con-Way or Estes. Get into the cross dock and maybe you can work up.

 

I would actually agree with the military. Check out the Army's transportation corps. 88 mike IIRC.

 

It's not just about the points.. It's about what the violation was for. An infraction for "Failure to yield the right of way" is one thing, but for unsafe violations such as speeding or an unsafe lane change, ect screams "unsafe" to insurance companies. Most companies, especially the starter companies work out deals with their insurance providers on hiring drivers with a certain amount of points and or types of infractions on their record. In fact.. you can already be working for a company and be cited for a traffic violation and be fired because if your company does not their insurance company will drop them. And it's pretty obvious that they will let a driver go before that happens.

There are a lot of good suggestions here that can give you some options. If you are "desperate" as you say you are strongly consider doing something that may not really want just so that you can get hired. Like joining the military or moving out of state. I have heard of government contract jobs in Iraq that pay 6 figures where you sign on for a year at a time. I'm not sure what the stipulations are such as driver record, but another suggestion you could look into.

Best of luck.

 

i'm being honest i was right on the fence with what they accepted even though it was over 3 years they were still scared. they don't take chances on anyone due to csa insurance and the liability I mean they give you 100thousand dollar truck plus a million dollar load hypothetically speaking

 

A job is a job, but how is being denied by Werner a Bad thing?