Driving record question!

I have considered it. My girlfriend moved down here with me, and has no friends or family, and I would feel awful leaving her alone for weeks on end, If I could find a company that guarantees weekend home time every weekend, and I know there are some, I would consider it. I tried talking her into riding with me after my training period, and then the 60 days or whats needed to allow me to have a rider that some companies implement, but after discussing it she would rather go to school. Its half the reason we moved here. Half for me to get my CDL, the other half is for her to get a degree as a meteorologist. Its why we chose South Carolina (other then the fact I have family here) is so she could get a degree in that field, and South Carolina has schools that offer it. If push came to shove I would do OTR, her are I have discussed it, and she knows it may have to be sacrifice thats needed to be made so we can have the life we want later down the road.

 

Yes, sir. I'm not a speed demon, and other then that cluster of tickets I had only one before them, and that's when I first got my drivers license. Long time ago. I don't speed, but maybe 5 over when on the highway. I try to do just what the speed limit says, and I follow my GPS mph since it seems a little more accurate then my car. This CDL is clean since I just recently obtained it, and I plan on keeping it that way.

Today Im going to go by a dump truck company who has a sign outside hiring drivers, and see if they will take new CDL holders, and call waste pro as well to make sure they have received my application.

 

So a follow up. I recived an email today from pepsi asking me to schedule a face to face interview for tomorrow. I have set it up, going to wear nice slacks, collar shirt, and dress shoes. Interviews are not my strong suit, its a weakness of mine, but it has never kept me from getting a job before. Management just views me different until I show them how good of a worker I am. Really the only thing Im worried about is when they ask me about my driving history, how should I go about it? trying to move around it or even wrose lie about it seems like it would bite me so hard in the end, maybe if Im honest it will show I will be upfront about it to them. I see it two ways. One if they don't hirer me due to it, then I know other companies wont. Two if they over look it and give me a chance I will bust my butt for them to show Im worth it. Its for a relieaf driver position which I'm more then happy to take. I'm fine with paying my dues, and hopefully working this into getting my own route, and really working my way up in the company. Also it looks like it will be 40 hours a week at 12.65 an hour!!! So says the online application I filled out. I've seen all the posts saying how hard it is, I work out every day, and pretty strong, I run a lot also, so I feel I will be decently in shape for this job, I have done jobs unloading trucks by hand, and other then a little back tightness I'm fine. I see this as a real opportunity. I just hope I can get past that driving history -gulp-

 

Thank you for your reply.

I understand, and like I have said I hardly speed, or do things that should not be done when on the road. My friends, and my GF all consider me a great driver, which is why I wanted to pursue my CDL. Those infractions are not the norm for me, and granted the closeness makes it seem that way, but these are 3 of 4 tickets I have ever received since I started driving when since I was 16. The other one came 3 months after getting my license long ago. I agree 100% that no matter how they came to be, in the end its me who got them, and I wont hide behind excuses. Ill just be up front, and hopefully they will look past them.

Thank you all for the replies. Hopefully this can be a start of something good for me, and this thread can help some one else one day.