1 year since "over .80" conviction

Are you forgetting?

You say .80, which is 10 times the legal limit in the US at .08, .04 for cdl drivers.

At .80 you would not be alive. Twice..

 

Maybe not .....
http://www.cracked.com/funny-1095-blood-alcohol-content/

Sorry about your dui. By all accounts I should have at least 4 or 5. Got lucky.

 

.08 is almost sober, what a dumb cop.
There's a tavern 3 blocks from where I live, I walk to it instead of riding a bicycle.

 

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3859634

 

.08 on a bicycle? Thank god that cop got you off the road. What if you'd have smashed into a school bus full of old ladies in wheelchairs? They might have had heart conditions and could have died from the laughter.

 

Black-out stupid, I mean drunk, drunk!

.91 Jeez, his blood was #### near saturated. Bet that truck didn't hurt a bit!

 

I can add my $0.02 OP, but I'm from a different Province, so my advice may not apply to Ontario.

Nonetheless, first off people must understand that a motorized vehicle in Canada is anything that can move under its own mechanical power. It doesn't matter where you operate it. The only exception to this would be an area not accessible to the general public. Caught driving/riding anything with a motor/engine drunk, and the same laws can be applied. Riding a simple pedal bicycle or a horse is NOT a motorized vehicle, and as such you can be drunk on these without repercussion.

That being said, I would say keep applying everywhere. As much as a company may not want to take you on, nonetheless you are still licensed to operate commercial vehicles, and they can technically hire you, even though they may not want to.

Here is where I stress that's it's very important to never burn too many bridges in this industry.

I have gone back to work for two of my previous employers when my thing was slow. I could only do this because I left under desirable circumstances. That, and I'm a pretty #### good driver.

I have had the same issue as you, OP, in the past. I did get turned away from a few companies. One hired me on.

Just keep applying. You may have to settle for less than desirable work until your abstract is clean, but you will find work if you just keep trying. Trust me... I've been there, done that!