With moving violation and Suspension of license from paying ticket late, Is truck school worth it?

You are in Michigan, so I have to ask how do you NOT know your license is suspended?

 

Is the Trucking School hiring you? Trucking schools do not have anything to do with obtaining WORK... they have to do with obtaining a CDL (or not). You need to complete the electronic applications on this and many other trucking sites and see if anyone is willing to hire you. There are two standards.. obtaining a CDL is pretty easy as it relates to most everything. Obtaining employment where a person are is a potential liability to a company/business is another. Look for companies that state in writing that they will hire you.. then ask them for recommendations for training.

 

If the CDL itself is SUSPENDED a year ago then that's a problem.

If the basic car license was suspended it's not so much a problem. But still a strike.

You did not state what it was suspended for. It takes alot for a state to suspend a license. But when they do it's but a step from that to revoking.

 

My license was suspended in 2005 for FTP. I cleared it up within a week and have had no problem landing jobs. I can only speak from my experience but what I was told that they don’t frown too hard on those types of suspensions. They frown on DUI and criminal suspensions more than a FTA or FTP. I say go for it!

 

Put some more applications out there yourself. The school may find a job for you, but you can find more companies just by asking on this forum.
Here's a few to get started with:
Paschall Truck Lines - www.ptl-inc.com
Carolina Logistic Inc. - www.carolinalogistic.com
Carolina Cargo - www.carolinacargo.com
Roadtex Transporttion - www.roadtex.com
Western Express - www.westernexp.com
USA Truck - www.driveusatruck.com
PI&I Motor Express - www.piimx.com
Patriot Transport Inc. - www.patroittransport.us
NTB Trucking - www.ntbtruck.com
Celadon - www.driveceladon.com (up to $7000.00 tuition reimbursement)

 

You're right about that. Some companies even advertise, something like, "No license suspensions, except for failure to pay child support or alimony, failure to renew license on time, etc."

 

2005 should have cleared from your license after 10 years. The only other headache is credit score. FTP will sometimes equal lack of interest from a company. Yet really I would omit this info on any application where it has been 14 years