Just got a failing to stop at a redlight ticket.....

You're only required to report it to your employer if if occored in a CMV.

 

Not asap. One has 30 days after conviction to report to the cimpany. Just getting the ticket is not a conviction. Paying the ticket is the same as pleading guilty. That is a conviction. Also losing and being ordered to pay by a judge is a conviction.

To the op, don't bother letting the company know just yet. Call a few lawayers and see how much it would cost to plead to a non moving violation and try that route if not too expensive. Otherwisw just pay it, inform the company and move on with life. You might get in trouble with the company, but nothing will happen to your cdl.

 

Well you could go to the DMV and surrender your CDL, have them convert you back to a regular drivers license. Pay the fine real quick, and then get your CDL back, that way you won't be a CDL holder on the date of conviction. Problem solved!

 

Make sure you go to your court date and talk to the judge so they don't nail you for a conviction.

 

Please tell me you're joking...right?

 

I would be willing to bet a utility company has some formal policy in an employee handbook or manual of some sort. Did you get anything like that when you hired on?

 

In would have you drawn and boiled in oil.

Don't do it again.

 

Yes, I'd get an attorney.
Either way, you won't lose your cdl, but it is best to try and get the ticket downgraded or dismissed.

 

HIRE A LAWYER ! you'll be glad you did, they will probly get it dismissed. wont be cheap though - few hundred bucks

 

Guidance for § 383.31: Notification of convictions for driver violations.
Question 1: Must an operator of a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) (as defined in§383.5), who holds a CDL, notify his/her current employer of a conviction for violating a State or local (non-parking) traffic law in any type of vehicle, as required by§383.31(b), even though the conviction is under appeal?

Guidance: Yes. The taking of an appeal does not vacate or annul the conviction, nor does it stay the notification requirements of §383.31. The driver must notify his/her employer within 30 days of the date of conviction.

a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) (as defined in§383.5)