I have a bad mvr and can't find other employment in trucking

Certified in law enforcement? What TYPE of certification and by whom with a DRIVING record like that? If you mean some 3 hr. correspondence course in how to be a security guard @ the mall...thats not considered being certified in law enforcement. If you mean POST certification.....I don't believe you could find anyone who would take a stupid risk with an officer who is so "recently immature" and put them through an academy. Good luck.

 

Over the yrs I read many threads with people having bad mvrs but this one tops them all.Having a careless charge is bad,real bad,but 3????????????????.I'm surprised Werner is willing to give you a chance.But if they are you better jump at the chance.Beggers can't be choosers.

 

Go with Werner, stay there at least 3 years, with NO tickets, accidents, incidents, etc, and then you probably have a good chance to move to a better company.

That's the ONLY way I see this working.

 

Can't change the past, keep your MVR clean from here on. Not everybody's meant to be a trucked, but a clean driving record helps. Start obeying the law ALL THE TIME, not just when you think someone's looking or you might get caught. That'll help your chances of getting a job, even if it isn't in trucking. BTW, even if it's legal where you live, recreational marajuana probably isn't a good idea.

 

I started in '91 with a bad mvr a very young adult who liked to speed excessively but with 4 millions drivers in the US alone there are plenty of jobs out there for every type of driver. Get your cdl and just dony be picky on the type of job you get and slowly straighten up your mvr and you will be ok.

 

All joking aside, I know you are tuning over a new leaf, which is good and responsible. I wish you luck and hope it works out for you. Unfortunately, with YOUR history and record, you are in a position to where not many people are going to take you at your word. You're going to have to SHOW them that you are responsible enough to move on from what at first glance looks like a punk raising hell to a responsible adult who takes pride in his actions and how they affect those around him. I'm not saying people think you a punk, in saying people (or companies) look at your record and it LOOKS like you are a punk. An earlier poster talked about insurance and that's what it comes down to for the majority of folks. If you look like a risk, then you probably are. You're in corrections, so look at it like being being released on parole or probation. They trust you to some extent but not really.

Your reality is that you are going to have to bite the bullet and work for a horrible, horrible company like Werner or CR England to prove that you are mature enough to make this work. You dont have to prove anything to a certain company, mind you. You have to prove something to trucking in general. Put in a couple of years without incident, and you shouldn't having a problem finding a better company.

good luck to you.

 

I had a careless driving and 5mph over on my mvr when i started. If you could try central refrigerated services, that is where i obtained my cdl through thier school and spent almost 2 years at. I made the mistake of leasing. If i hadnt done that, who knows.. I may still be there. Ill give you a few companies to try.

Central refrigerated services
May trucking
Us express
Pride transport
Star transport

Florida makes it hard for a experienced driver, let alone a newbie. I wish ya the best of luck and if i can help in any way, let me know!!

 

How ever it works out for you...... good luck!

 

Ramsey try the moving and storage companies small local branches they need cdl users all the time that have clean criminal records its hard work but the pay can be real good and it will allow you time to clean your record.