What are my options?

I will get right to the point. I'm a 5 month driver that was recently terminated from transport America for a preventable accident.

The Accident:

I was in greensboro, N.C. I just dropped off a load and completed my trip. I bobtailed to get something to eat before I shut down for the night. Turning down this one street there was a bridge where the road dipped down and came up while going under the bridge.( there were no NO THRU TRUCK signs so assumed it was safe. While coming up the top part of my dome was scraped a little and some fiberglass was tore but nothing major. There were no other vehicles involed, no police called, no towing, and no trailer. I followed the rules and notified my fleet manager and safety immediately. they told me to drop my tractor off at the freightliner shop and sent me to pick up a new truck where I was dispatched on another load. I was told to only transfer a few of my items to the new truck, because I'll be picking up my original truck the next week when it was ready. Coming off my 34 hr restart and after talking to numerous safety personnel, my terminal manager told me that the safety department took away my saftey clearance and that without it I can no longer operate their trucks so basially I was terminated, but put in a nice way. So far I already had two rejections from other major carriers because of insurance reasons and I'm feeling really nervous and desperate. I'm waiting for my dac to see exactly what they wrote.

Transport America is a good company to work for, and I have no intentions on bashing them. They are the only company I worked for right out of school which was 5 months ago.

I take full responsibility for the accident. But it's just that, an accident.

Who would have ever thought that one bad turn would have such a rippling effect.
I lost my job
I lost my credibilty
I lost my job stability
I lost my benefits
I lost my income to provide for my family.

I wasn't aware of the "one strike policy" in the trucking industry and with so many trucking companies.

I know I'll bounce back with God's help

God invented Mercy, because man invented mistakes.

But my question to the veterans is, What options do I have?


Thank you in advance for all responses.

 

Thanks for the response truckerjo. I'll look into it.

 

Thanks for all the response guys. I recently checked my dac and all it says is that I was discharged, my length of employment, my work record(satisfactory) and 1 non D.O.T reportable accident but no details of the accident. So I'm feeling much more confident about getting another job.
That was very professional of Transport America not to state specific details, I guess because it wasn't D.O.T. reportable. Thank God.


Now the hunt begins for a good company.

Any suggestions?