Using a bad trucking company for entry into trucking?

I'm currently bumming off relatives for survival stuff (unfortunately), which is entirely different than -me- specifically having 100 bucks in my pocket right now. Trust me, its hard to live with myself at the moment, I am a deadbeat right now until I can get my life back together.

I'm seeing trucking as a prominent opportunity. Sure, I'm expecting much poop to be slung my way as a trucker, based on what I've read, but I will then remind myself that I am coming from ground zero income and relatively low overhead as it is, so it can't be much worse. As far as I can tell, it's going to be sunny days.

 

I know of at least 5 tickets, all within this year and last year. 2 last year speeding, 1 lack of insurance, 2 early this year speeding. I believe all accounts was speeding over 10-15 over, each ticket approximately $110-$240. I've of course changed this driving behavior and have bend riving clean and under the speed limit for a good 5 months now, and plan to keep at it, despite the idiots behind me who jump into the next lane just to speed past me, doing 15-25mph over the speed limit. I'm sick of getting pulled over, so good luck with that, buddy. I have thought about all these tickets though. I'm aware that if these tickets can't be excused and forgiven, I'm probably done and not able to do even start doing trucking at all. And I do realize that getting a ticket as a trucker pretty much means you'll soon be out of a job.

 

Is Local not an option for entry level? I was hoping not to dive directly into OTR until later..ish....

 

Omg, you read me! Wasn't expecting anyone on here to actually relate to me in such a very specific context. The micromanagement was one of my biggest peeves, with not one, but every company I worked for. I know what I'm doing, and I'm have never wasted valuable company time. I don't need to be watched like I'm an infant, let me do the work that I've been doing for a decade... Oh, you're upset that we're a day late from project deploy? Well, remember that working feature you had me change, but then change back to the way I originally had it in the first place? Yeah. Oh, but that wasn't totally your fault at all. It's my fault the project was late.

Anyway, I digress. I don't have a gf, wife, kids, or pets... or a life.... so being OTR isn't too big of a deal for me, but at the same time, I have never been away from home and familiar faces for extended periods so I don't really know if I'll get homesick or not. But that said, I wouldn't mind traveling. Been in FL my whole life, need to see something different for a change. As long as I can afford food, I should be fine OTR. Probably don't even need a cell phone unless its required for contact by a company. Don't have very many friends or relatives who would be trying to keep in touch with me any way.

So all the things I will have to pay for are:
- CDL school
- CDL test
- Endorsement tests
- Truck rent
- Insurance

What else?