driving with felony

Who will hire you if you are able to receive schooling?

From a retired federal DOT official

 

Right now I am still working on it I don't have anyone yet who is willing to take that chance but hopefully I will soon and i'll let you know then.I keep getting told that I can't drive OTR with a drug felony but when I looked it up it says if you have did it in a commercial vehicle and I just got my license so that can't be do you know anything about this?

 

It might keep you from getting hazmat endorsement. You're probably ok getting the CDL itself.

 

But this person would be wasting money because there are no carriers to my knowledge that will accept any CDL driver with a felony conviction in the past 5-years, let alone one who just received his CDL. It's just a waste of time & money.

 

There's a company near here based out of S. Carolina called Carolina Cargo. They hire felons and run them as an East - West teams with a 20 cent split. For that all they're going to get is felons.

So it's possible. Smaller companies may use this as a niche to get a leg-up on the price of competition. After all it doesn't cost insurance any more than anyone else if the driving record is ok.

 

I already got an app in with carolina cargo and hopefully it will work out as long as I am getting the exp. its all good with me right now because there are companies out there who will hire me even with the felony as long as I have the required amount of exp.

 

Let us know how it goes. How old is the felony in this case?

 

5 years old and all I've been hearing isn't anything about the felony just the no exp. part but I will keep you informed thanks for the interest

 

you really want to stick your head into a $600 a week job. MickeyDees is paying 775.00 a week. And the DOT rarely check their logs. But you will need Hazmat....

 

yes I would and here are two reasons one is,This has been a dream of mine since I was a little kid and two after I get some exp. under my belt , the pay will get better and they always will need truck drivers right