Blemished record. How bad is it?

Hello everyone! I hope you're having a great day.


Lets say if a driver has one year OTR experience as a company driver and has managed to do the following, would he still be desirable from to other companies?


one preventable accident (damaged trailer rim on a curb). Left lane violation in indiana. OOS for trailer light (electrical cable came loose within 50 miles of weigh station). And failure to show tractor/trailer registration at that stop. (Had no idea what those were as was still new. Company never provided it).




Ok and here are a few questions that stem from this.


would other companies still be interested in a driver with this record?


Would it be better to save up and buy a tractor with the authority to go with it? (Complexity of this aside, in the end would it be better)


Does DAC even matter if you own your own truck with authority? Would a company like landstar accept a driver like this with their own truck and authority?


What would the insurance be like with this record? Does non dot preventable accident count towards it?




Thank you for your valued opinions.


I hope the dream is still attainable.

 

thank you for your reply! As I understand most companies want 1-2 preventables at the most. The other stuff is fairly minor in comparison in my opinion.

 

Thank you for your reply.

what you described is what I am currently doing. In a large mega carrier and here to learn and make mistakes. The registration is something I assumed would be with the paperwork and honestly I never thought to look for it. That happened right after training.

Switching to l/o / o/o is an inevitable step in the process. Why delay it if I feel I'm ready for the journey? Does truck insurance look at DAC or MVR? What would it cost a 26 year old with nothing previous on his record?

i got the preventable on the rim because I reported it to my company. They said truck vs fixed object = preventable... So is this correct? Do you believe that should be an incident instead?


thanks

 

thank you for your advice! Believe me that's not going to happen again I'm still interested to know the extent of the damage this is going to do to my future. It seems like this will make it harder but not impossible.

 

Thank you for your reply. I hope this is true.