Is there any use for me to continue with trucking?

yes, true, not too many are accountable, but then too, how many states have a plethora of loop holes in their laws that people poke holes through..??

there in lies perhaps the bigger problem.

 

Either way he had to many chances already. IMO

 

Dear Dave, I sincerely hope you get the chance. While I'm very vocal against DUI, I do think the fact that it's been ten years speaks of the change in your life. As a sober alchoholic (I've been sober now 30 years) I'll be blunt and honest: the only difference between your record and mine is that I never got caught.

I hope that however this works out that you do not let the circumstances or the criticisms change your dedication to remaining sober.

And yes, everyone deserves a second chance in life, even a fourth or seventh. Sometimes however, we just don't get another chance in a specific area. Best wishes to you.

T-N

 

That's exactly where I was going. If he gets his CDL then fine. He's got enough information to know that finding a job is not going to be easy. If they do refuse him a CDL there are steps he can take to get the CDL back.

 

A couple questions need to be asked...

First, when was 383.51 published into the Federal Register? More specifically, when did violations in personal vehicles begin counting against the CDL? If the DUI's predate the regulations, an argument can be made that the regulations are in effect an ex post facto law, which is banned under the US Constitution in Article 1 Section 9. You cannot pass a law (or regulation) which enacts new or stiffer penalties for an act which was committed prior to that law being written.

Second, if the regulations were in effect prior to the DUI's, do they apply to non-CDL holders? He has never received a DUI as a CDL holder.

 

I`d go buy more beer. Heck with it.