My career over before it began? Accident and ticket?

Don’t listen to Debbie Downers.

 

I'ze juz ####in wit ya man. I had a good laugh when you described a t-bone accident at a stop light as a "fender bender."

 

Absolutely do NOT lie about it on a application. Depending on the company and their needs, they might be willing to work with a blemish or two (though T-boning a car isn't a little thing). But if you lie on an application, that's something NO company (at least none that YOU'D want to work for) will pass.

And as for getting a lawyer (one specializing in transportation law); the idea isn't to get you off the hook, it's to keep violations from showing up on your license as moving violations.

 

If you lie, lie about something that can't be disproven. Like when it says "additional activities or things you think are pertinent to this position" You can put "I have spent years working at food banks to help feed the homeless in my community."

Nobody will question that but they will be impressed by it.

 

I don't mean to be harsh, but misjudging a stop light and getting in an accident, is a pretty big thing. I'd be worried about you in an 80,000 lb. rig that takes over a football field to stop.