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I have not posted here in years. Used to drive for CR England in 2007/08. I'll be straight up and say I quit because it was a hard job. I went back to my old job of driving a taxi in New York City. I accumalated allot of tickets and got stuck. The time is coming now for me to try to get back into the trucking business. I'm praying for more patience. In June I will have four moving violations in the past three years, in September I will have three, in November I will have two and by next April I will have none in the last three years. I don't drive because car insurance is too expensive for me and I think it's best I don't drive. My question is are there any companies that I can begin applying to now with five violations on my record? I need a traffic lawyer in case I get a ticket driving a truck. It easy to find a lawyer but a trucker can get a ticket in any state. Are there lawyers who deal with all states or would I have to get a lawyer from the state where the ticket was issued? I had about eight months experience driving and most of it was in three states, NY, NJ and PA. Only my training was OTR.

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Thank you for your reply,

1) Driving a taxi was easier because that is what I was doing for years before I got into trucking. It is always easier to go back to your bread and butter. I did not say that driving a cab was better than driving a truck. It was just easier in my situation. Not to mention that I wanted to be with my family more.

2) When I say don't drive I really mean a taxi in NYC. This is because the police target them. Some of them drive crazy in NYC so the police target/watch them as a whole. Everyone slips every now and then and if you add that to the cops watching you all the time it's a recipe for disaster. I now live in East Orange, NJ near Newark, NJ and I drove a cab here for a minute. It is the opposite here. They don't bother you at all. I don't drive now and that is a good thing because there is no way I can get a traffic ticket. My license has a chance to clean up. All of my tickets are from driving a cab except one. That one is a seat belt ticket I got in my personal car. I have no accidents or DUI/DWI. These are the tickets I got in the last five years:

04/06/2009 IMPROPER TURN

02/23/2009 IMPROPER TURN

11/07/2008 FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELT

09/01/2008 FAIL ALLOW PEDESTRIAN

06/06/2008 IMPROPER OPER HIGHWAY W/MARK LANES (I believe this was driving in a bus lane).

When I changed my license to NJ all of points were removed. I have no points on my current motor vehicle abstract.

3) I don't think anyone plans on racking up tickets but things happen. I want to have a contingency plan. Now that you mention it I do remember these pre-paid lawyer services


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My friend, after your first post I decided that I would ignore you. Don't you notice that I did not reply to you? Can't you take a hint? My reply was directed at Tankergirl80. I quoted her in the reply. I don't want to hear anything you have to say. I'll wait for someone else to respond. I need a reply from an experienced driver.

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