Getting Back In The Game

I wouldn't have even reported it.
Try Schneider, they will probably hire you and give you refresher course.

Edit : Keep putting applications in and whoever hires you, stick with it 6 - 12 months and you should be OK.

Even if a company wants experience; ignore that and apply anyway.

WSE Transportation has a terminal in Boise, ID and they hire new CDL drivers. Apply there also.

 

Long time ago a company put me in the dispatch office; didn't want the job. A driver came in on Saturday morning and said he hit a stop sign and broke the passenger side mirror. I inspected the truck and that's all that was damaged, just the mirror. Monday morning when I reported for work, the owner of the company was in a rage at me for not calling him about the damage. I said, it's only a mirror, didn't see any reason to call you. He screamed, there's thousand of dollars in damage to the truck. It was still parked where the driver left it Saturday morning. Looked at it an the mirror was completely gone,the fuel tank was crushed and the fuel had leaked out. The passenger window was rolled down then the door smashed which also broke the window inside the door. About a week later I was fired. About a year later in some truckstop, I saw a driver that used to work there and also worked as security guard on Saturday and Sunday at the terminal. He started laughing and said he wrecked the truck; he was making his rounds of the property driving it and slammed into the corner of a shipping container. I laughed also, because at that point it wasn't important anymore and getting fired was actually good for me, getting me away from that company.

 

That's something you can be relatively certain you know by virtue of having nothing to put on it.

You, should know. http://www.thetruckersreport.com/free-dac-report/

"A vehicle striking anything is referred to as a crash." -Leonard Evans, Traffic Safety, 2004

Do you really think a CDL has qualified you to make that determination? You get 1 incident in this industry, of nearly any consequence, free, because anyone, despite all their skill, experience and their best efforts, can have 1. But the statistics suggest drivers involved in 1 incident, regardless of fault, will very likely be involved in another within 12 months. The second is considered evidence you just don't have what it takes to pay attention, or you just don't care: "It was (just) some scraped paint and cracked plastic." (I only missed by this || much!)

 

Getting what is on your DAC report is the first thing that you need to do.

 

don't feel too bad. I was fired frm Gordon for not rporting an incident. if it's one thing in trucking I have learned ... you're ###### if you do and you're ###### if you don't. Try England or Snyder and tell them that you did not like your trainer at Swift. don't tell them about the accident because it won't be on your dak report.

 

There's that word "minor" again....

 

Urgh... hate to say this... but if you can get away with something, I would. My first job when you broke something, you informed management, they would call you a moron and make you take it to the shop where they would take turns making fun of you (or make you do the dirty work of replacing certain things).

My second job, not so much. I once had a minor that I could have easily gotten away with. Damage was below $50... they covered up my cosmetic "ding" with a five inch strip of duct tape. Next day I had a letter of reprimand in my inbox that awaited my signature with a threat that the next time I would lose my job.

Honesty only screws you. Next time keep this to yourself if you can. As for moving forward, I would be honest and say you had two minors that resulted in some cosmetic damages. Better they know about it upfront in case they somehow figure it out down the road, then fire you for failure to disclose. Then you are really screwed.

 

Yes, you can do a lot with duct tape and flat black or flat white spray paint.