Is there any use for me to continue with trucking?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by davetrucker, Jun 11, 2011.

  1. Bigarmin88

    Bigarmin88 Road Train Member

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    Whats makes a different if he got a DUI with a CDL or reg.licence??? A DUI is a DUI,IT KILLS!!!!!!:biggrin_25510:

    http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/june/262218/Construction-worker-hit,-killed-along-I-75
     
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  3. davetrucker

    davetrucker Bobtail Member

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    No sir...never have held a CDL.
     
  4. D_Jeffers

    D_Jeffers Light Load Member

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    You have 3 DUI's! Good luck in finding a job driving anything. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but not many will take the chance with that kind of record. You should have learned the first time. This also doesn't say much for the school you enrolled in either. But they are all about the $$$
     
  5. 123456

    123456 Road Train Member

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    383.51 could have been published in 1776...........no difference.

    immaterial.........

    I think alot of folks would be amazed at the COMPLETE history of many drivers out there.
     
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  6. Ranger_309

    Ranger_309 Medium Load Member

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    Fact is most outfits I know of wont hire a person with two DUI's ever.
     
  7. Ranger_309

    Ranger_309 Medium Load Member

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    Get off your high horse. Most people reading this have driven a car after drinking...they just didnt get busted. As for getting killed, faking your hours on a logbook can kill people too, and how many have done that too?
     
  8. fatkidd83

    fatkidd83 Bobtail Member

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    I jus kinda skimmed thro this thread, but if you have'nt tryed Swift, put in a app, i know they will hire you with a DUI. i know a few people over there with a few DWI AN DUI. good luck to ya.... please mind my spelling im doing this on a tiny cell phone:biggrin_1square9:
     
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  9. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    If you get the state to issue you a CDL then half of your battle is over. The easy half. You know it's going to be a hard road and you'll just have to keep looking.
     
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  10. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    You may have good solid points but I'm no lawyer so I can't say for sure. But I do know that the oil companies and energy companies wish they could have argued that point when the government made them responsible parties for dumping hazardous waste in the waterways which they did under the law way back from the 1910's to the 1970's.
     
  11. Krooser

    Krooser Road Train Member

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    CDL regs went into effect about 1993... anything after that applies to private vehicles and cmv's regardless of what you were driving
     
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