Do tickets from over three years hurt you?

That'll help for sure and it seems like you have a good attitude also...that will help you more than you can believe

 

if ya ain't near the I75 or I-95 corridor, they dont want ya.
May is a reefer co. that has a terminal in P'cola

 

Good for you driver!!!! good luck and be SAFE!!!

 

Most insurance companies are only looking 3 years back. They will be able to see it but it shouldn't affect you especially if it is only one ticket and five years ago at that. The reason for looking 3 years back is, if you get 2 speeding tickets in 3 years you are subject to a 30 day suspension the first time and 60 the second. A company could be leery to hire someone with a recent speeding ticket because, on the off chance that you get your second, it becomes an issue to deal with that isn't worth their time if it should happen in say the fist six months you are with them. Most states, after 5 years, it falls off and the only record that remains is on microfiche or some other storage device that can't be seen by insurance companies.

 

I'm probably going to get flamed for this answer, but here it goes anyway. I had the same problem when I started out ten years ago. But when I saw the copy of my MVR only went back 3 years. So I just left anything that wasn't on the MVR off the application. To my knowledge, they have no way of confirming it if it's not on your MVR, so why give them more information than you have to?

 

This is reasonable but not the best advise, if you are employed with a company that doesn't report to DAC services or are just getting into the industry. You would have to get a copy of your state motor vehicle record to verify that infact nothing is currently listed.

If you have a speeding ticket pending while you go to school and it shows up down the road, you could be subject to termination for lying. Once you are employed with a major carrier, if you recieve a ticket and it falls off your MVR, it may still be reported, and show up on a DAC report. This becomes another avenue to be caught in a lie.

If you decide to lie about what tickets and accidents you had in the last 10 years, you need to be able to verify what is listed on the DAC as well as what other companies have on file about you.

In the long run, once you are employed as a Professional driver it is best to keep your speed in check and and be honest about your license. There is nothing worse than showing up to an orientation and being dismissed because you were caught being untruthful. I have seen this happen at 3 seperate orientations.

In some instances if you get dismissed you now would have to explain why you were employed for only a day or a week if it takes that long to get caught, to the next company.

When first going to school the last thing you ever want to do is get caught in a lie. Some people should even consider taking a drug test on their own prior to getting a CDL to confirm being clean as this is another major issue. It becomes increasingly difficult to get a CDL and be hired as well when one gets hung up on these two issues.

Drugs and CDL's don't mix! But everyone here know that already.

 

This is a good question, I had the exact samething happen to me with a unaid seatbelt ticket.