Duis holding me back!!!

You might get lucky as an O/O, but IF you can get insurance, it will cost you a fortune.

 

Chances are slim but there might be an o/o with a couple of trucks out there somewhere willing to hire you. If you're thinking of creating your own job, buying a truck, etc...... ....unless you have piles of money in the bank already and a real heart felt ambition to truck don't waste your time/life digging yourself into a hole that will take forever to get out of. If you heard there was good money in trucking and that's why you want to do it.. ..you're making a huge mistake. Don't do it. Probably not what you want to hear but it's the truth. Too many come into this industry for all the wrong reasons, spend a bunch of money to get license etc, then they can't cut it...

 

See this part of 383.51. In short, you must contact your state DMV and get some direction. You can get reinstated from a lifetime disqualification once. Do it again and you're done. The age of the convictions, and getting them long before holding a CDL may introduce some gray area on how your state assesses your record prior to approving issuance.

With the last being 16 yrs ago, insurance rates will be affected mainly by the newly issued CDL. However, most big carriers will just say no to three DUI convictions without consideration. Smaller carriers will vary, depending on how much risk they're willing to take. In any event, the moment you are involved in an accident, it will be like those DUIs happened yesterday as far as the victim's lawyers are concerned.

Even if you're disabled on the side of the road with your hazards on and triangles out and some drunk "victim" runs into you.

 

Horse Squeeze !!!

He wasn't a holder of a CDL when the offenses occurred !!!!!

383.51 does NOT pertain, in this case ...........

 

Find another line of work.....Trucking ain't gonna happen here...
You wasted either your money or the government's money on a CDL mill school....

 

It doesn't say one way or the other. It just says "disqualified," and there is no further statement that I could find telling more or less about what or how far back that means. Georgia (and probably most other states) makes you sign a form stating that you are not disqualified under 383.51 when you apply for a CDL. How thoroughly that is checked out or not is a mystery.

I'm simply pointing out the relevant regulation so the OP can go off and find out from his state. Or an attorney for that matter.

Things that stand out to me are the ten year requirement before eligibility and the fact that FMCSA and probably this particular reg did not exist prior to 2000. I am not a law expert, so maybe someone who is or who has gotten a statement from LE or an attorney might add something.

 

I am all about giving people a second chance, but u were already given one, and then a third. You do not belong behind the wheel of a car, let alone a tractor/trailer. Suck it up, you ruined your chances at this career and maybe you should have done a little more research before spending (most likely OUR) money on training. So thank you for doing nothing once again. Go hit the unemployment line for another 2 years as you have since 2009. I'm sure they know you by name.

 

Perhaps search THIS site.

This is an old subject that gets rehashed every once in a while.

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