Nasty A/T

My husband was in an accident September of last year (2010) He was at fault and advised them on this, he received a ticket for wrong direction/lane change in regards to this accident. He has applied at several companies and they all are telling him that they can't hire him until 3 years after the accident/ticket happened. He understands the gravity of the accident and it was a careless mistake and helped him understand more about driving all day like he does.

He currently owns his own courier business, and has for the past 10 years, so he is out on the road all day most ever day. His biggest client has provided him notice that due to the economy they are not going to be able to afford any of his services after the end of this year and he is making the hard decision to close his business, as with his few other clients he would not be making any money.

Our first choice will not hire him, and we understand, we were hoping for him to at least get on with a company, however, with the accident/ticket and being a fresh out of school CDL licensee, we are having issues.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have already lectured him time and time again about this incident, so he knows that he shouldn't have done it and is of course trying to move on.