Going to bit the bullet or get off the road completely?

Try hauling dirt. It's usually local and pays less so they usually need drivers. For irregular bonus points, search for jobs in your area with the words Davis-Bacon or prevailing wage.

In that same category are local dry bulk haulers, more physical work to climbing up there to do the hatches and wrangle hoses, but it gets you out of the seat. Go to any redi-mix plant and collect company names out the gate for a day. One or more out here in AZ specialise in "second-chances" hiring. Not a lot of money but a way back in.

Or look into harvests/ag, those end with the season so you have downtime. Here's one board for it, or also look at the Chico, CA or other central valley craiglists starting mid-summer... Classified Ads | U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc.
Some of the central valley outfits have their own training schools and free housing for drivers and are constantly looking.

Having been in transportation for over 40 years, the dispatchers always seem like over-stressed people tied to a chair, not much better than driving and less control over things yet more responsibility, plus no nice view out the office window.

 

Also McNamara-O’Hara act. It seems to cover more of the driving jobs. Both are part of the Service Contract Act.

 

This is kind of an awful thing to say, but...if you get into an accident in your first couple years of driving, and the only companies willing to look at you are "second chance" companies? Just quit driving. There's nothing but misery down that road.

Dispatchers do okay. Nothing extravagant. But they sleep in their own bed every day/night.