Inexperienced Driver

Ignore the above quoted text. It's total bs. There are plenty of companies that are hurting for drivers. search and you will find. One piece of advice: Don't look here for help. I have seen a lot of negativity on this forum. There are a few that are obviously bitter with life and get their kicks by busting chops. Ignore those drivers if you encounter them!

 

Careless driving tickets are often issued after an accident when the police officer, who generally arrives after the accident has already occurred, issues a ticket based upon what he or she has been told. Careless driving tickets are issued pursuant to Section 316.1925, Florida Statutes, which defines careless driving as follows: ”Any person operating a vehicle upon the streets or highways within the state shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, having regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and all other attendant circumstances, so as not to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person.” There are a few things that you should know if you chose to fight your careless driving ticket: Because the officer issuing the ticket most likely did not witness the accident, he or she cannot testify in court about what occurred to cause the accident. Without a testifying officer, the state is left questioning the drivers and any witnesses who may have provided their information to the officer. This is important because while police officers have experience testifying in courtrooms, lay people generally do not and may be nervous or unprepared. Also, while a police officer’s title and uniform might cause a judge to assume an officer is telling the truth, that unwritten rule does not apply to lay people. Finally, it is important to remember that accident reports are not admissible as evidence pursuant to Section 316.066(4), Florida Statutes. Thus, the accident report and its contents are not evidence. Most people do not know that!

 

For those who don't get this - it isn't about the company but the INSURANCE underwriters who dictate who gets to drive. There are policies that the company has to abide by, one of them is limits on risky people, careless driving for hitting a minivan seems to say there is more to the story and your risk to the company may be greater than the insurance company or the company wants to pay for.

A lot of drivers seem not to want to understand how this all works, they think that it should be forgotten and the company wouldn't care. One company I worked part time for said when they get me into their driver pool and I have one accident, their insurance goes up $150 a month for that. If I have a over 15 ticket, it is $250 a month and so on. IF the insurance didn't care, most companies wouldn't care

 

Yep follow the money. Any companies bottom line is 1st and fore-most...has to be. Insurance companies included. they are in the risk-management biz...you got 2 drivers to choose from.... and everything else being fairly equal , experience , age , attitude at /during personal interview/work history etc. One of them has zero tickets/accidents on his MVR report...the other is the OP...the ins.carrier is always gonna go with the driver that has shown he pays attention and drives safely...always...it's less risk for them.

 

Some self-insured companies will probably hire you. Do some online applications and follow up with a phone call in a couple of days. The company that hires you, stick with it for 12 months & you will be OK.

Paschall Truck Lines
Carolina Cargo

 

You're correct. These drivers are asking questions and we should either give them a constructive answer or move on. If they want a preacher, they will go to church; if they want criticism, they will get married.

 

Self-insurance with those companies are most likely health and other employee insurance because to insure themselves for their fleet to maintain their authority and be able to operate in all 48 states would take a lot of money and even then there would have to be underwriters involved.

 

I should have posted; self-insured up to a certain amount, not fully self-insured.

 

Offer to drive for free for the first week, and if they like you, they pay you after that. That is how I started.