Advice, please: Who will hire me?

Hi, I'm looking for any and all advice to help me.

I've been an OTR driver for just over 3 months. I love it! I have a lot going for me, too. I'm clean, happy, polite, friendly, and loyal; a courteous driver; with excellent customer service skills and a great load delivery record. I get along great with both dispatchers and customers as well as other drivers. Also, I seem to be a pretty good driver, according to my trainers, testers, and some older drivers, who have all expressed disbelief at my level of experience.

Here's the problem: I backed into a passenger car, resulting in my being cancelled from insurance and subsequently released from employment. I also have one ticket on my MVR, from 2 1/2 years ago in my personal vehicle for speeding.

My company (PAM) did not want to let me go and expressed regret, but had no choice. Both the officer at the accident scene and the company agreed that it sounded like the car was hiding behind me looking for trouble, but that does not negate my responsibility, unfortunately.

So, three + months of experience, one accident, one (older) ticket, and terminated for a safety offense. It sounds really bad, and most companies I've talked to are excited to hear from me until the full story comes out.

I know I'll probably have to work for poor pay, or for a less-than-great company, but that's okay. I just need to get a few months more experience and some companies will forgive my sins. I absolutely do not want to give up driving, and prefer OTR to anything else.

Can anybody give me advice, or leads on who to talk to, or anything? ANYTHING is appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

Yup, I am very aware of that little bit of mismatch, lol!! I try to tell myself I am still new and that is a lesson learned hard, but learned well. However, in the end- yup, I did a stupid thing. Never again, I can promise that! Lol!