Advice on Getting a Class 1 Trucking Job with a Past DUI (Canada)

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  1. Ex-Trucker Alex

    Ex-Trucker Alex Road Train Member

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    Sadly, border crossing has become a hassle. Thirty + years ago, I crossed the border multiple times a week, almost always with a pre-cleared load, and rarely exceeded 15 minutes clearing except for the rare occasions of:
    1) Getting a visual check on my load (more often on the US side than the Canadian side)
    2) Having to get some crucial piece of paperwork from a broker (usually on the Canadian side, most often at Ft. Erie, ON)
    3) Traffic backup, or
    4) Slowdowns due to a Customs Canada strike
    Today, there are slowdowns due to visual checks before crossing bridges, and customs takes their own sweet time anymore. A lot of larger carriers hire hourly shunt drivers to pick up from a lot on one side, clear the load, then park it at a lot on the other side. The Canadian border is almost as much of a hassle as the Mexican border anymore.
     
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  3. Snoopycda

    Snoopycda Medium Load Member

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    I am sure you have, and so have we, if the crime is serious enough. (Murder, Pedophilia, Rapist, Violent Offender, Etc.)
    We are talking DUI here though.
     
  4. upnorthwpg

    upnorthwpg Road Train Member

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    Honestly for a commercial driver, I think a dui is worse than the others you listed.
     
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  5. ilovetruckz

    ilovetruckz Light Load Member

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    25 years trucking and i've never been asked for a criminal check.. even when hauling for fedex or canada post
     
  6. BLBurton

    BLBurton Light Load Member

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    thats odd, its pretty much an industry standard. And alot of companies are now doing them as a part of return to work policy for drivers who go on extended vacations
     
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  7. BLBurton

    BLBurton Light Load Member

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    Considering a DUI affects your bondability as a driver... so, yea.
     
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  8. Snoopycda

    Snoopycda Medium Load Member

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    No it doesn't.
    Theft and other crimes related to theft does.
     
  9. BLBurton

    BLBurton Light Load Member

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    You are correct in other careers and jobs such as an office worker or dock worker. But as a professional driver on public roadways, it 100% discredits your bondability. In Canada, it is never removed from your record until you seek a pardon which has a 3,5, or 10 year waitg time depending on how the courts handled your DUI. In the States, it stays on for 10 years.
     
  10. Snoopycda

    Snoopycda Medium Load Member

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    I don't want to argue with you.
    I know that this does not affect the ability to be bonded as a driver unless, possibly armored car or the like. Being bondable means an employer’s insurance will cover you in positions of trust, such as handling money or sensitive information. I personally know many drivers with DUI in their history.
    In Canada, DUI is a criminal offense. In the US it is a misdemeanor.
     
  11. REALITY098765

    REALITY098765 Road Train Member

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    There are many types of ''bonds''.
    EG, A load in bond and a T n E bond or a carriers bond and more.

    What Does Bondable Mean in Canada? How Being Bondable Helps You Get Hired - National Pardon Centre
     
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