Did I ruin my trucking career before it even started?

Hello everyone! I recently graduated CDL school last month in October and got my CDL A as well as my doubles and triples endorsements and tanker. I ended up getting hired with Western Express (big mistake I know, but they are one of the few people who would hire me with no experience and did not do a hair test) And I just started training with them this week.

From the get go my trainer was sleeping whenever I was driving as soon as I took the wheel and on my 4th day of driving I knocked over a light post cutting a turn to short and ended up getting stuck with a careless driving citation.

I am wondering did I essentially just ruin my trucking career before it even started? My plan was to get out of Western Express after 6 months - a year and go local to get better employment and more home time. But now, from what I have read it will be almost impossible for me to get another job with a careless driving violation in my first year.

Are there other options for me? Or should I cut my losses and try looking into another trade? I got into this field to make more money and start working towards starting a family and im feeling pretty stupid and hopeless now. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you for reading!

 

I find out on Monday/Tuesday if im getting terminated. They did assign me a new trainer however and they have allowed me to continue driving in the meantime.

 

I should also add that I have already spoken to a traffic lawyer and they told me it is very unlikely they will prevail if they go to court for me

 

Im ducking the hair test bc I was a heavy smoker in the past and just stopped last month

Also not sure what the problem is with wanting to start working towards starting a family...im 26 lol