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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Newtrucker48, post: 2672137, member: 87123&quot;]Hello all! I&#039;m new to the forum and I have researched and read hundreds of threads as a guest. Just signed up last night/early this morning and I can honestly say I&#039;m ready for training with swift mentally. I understand I&#039;ll need to pay my dues while learning how to operate a big rig safely, whether it&#039;s low pay a mile starting out, and/or the way some drivers treat and talk about swift drivers. I know that this is a lifestyle change and a big step driving professionally up and down our highways. I&#039;m pretty low maintenance so living in a space as big as the sleeper berth is, I know I can handle. I&#039;ve honestly lived through worse growing up. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve signed up to the swift academy for July 2nd in Texas, and how my family is, meaning as long as they know I&#039;m alive and vice versa I&#039;m content on driving non stop as long as the miles are there. I&#039;d prefer to just drive and drive and drive. I know that in trucking that may not always be the case, but I&#039;m sure the majority of the time it is. Also a little about me: I have gotten 1 speeding ticket 2 years ago (speed trap) and paid it off by going to court. Checked my 10 year dmv record and its not there, I&#039;m double checking tomorrow to make sure that&#039;s correct.&nbsp; Also I was in a minor accident in a parking lot 2 years ago too. Lady pulled in behind me while I was backing up and I put a dent in her driver door. I did not get a ticket. A little confused on why it&#039;s not on my record either. I do know it was preventable on my part. Any idea why these aren&#039;t on my record? I did inform swift when I filled out the online application of these two incidents. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m picking up the accident report for the first day of class just in case.&nbsp; I&#039;m 28 years old, single, never been arrested, do not do drugs, I dont drink or smoke. Have a pretty solid job history with working constantly since 2008. I like the idea of not being baby-sat: meaning I know I&#039;m the one who can virtually make driving professionally as good as I want or as bad. I&#039;m a self starter and I keep myself on task and motivated. Anyway, hearing both the good and bad things about swift, my logic is if they are so bad they wouldn&#039;t have trucks rolling down the highway still. In my area, since I work at a p&amp;g plant as a temporary contractor, I see 10-15 swift trucks a day/night. Can&#039;t be doing that bad in the miles department.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;m as openminded and willing for a career as a professional driver as I&#039;ve been in anything. I&#039;ve had jobs; I want this to be a career for years to come. I know my hard work and willingness to do a new thing is key to success at swift. I&#039;m asking now is there anything, any advice any of you professional drivers can give a newbie like myself? What kind of paperwork do I need for the first day of class?&nbsp; I do have my DOT 2-year medical card, birth certificate, prescription for eye glasses, G.E.D, Social security card, 10 Year Dmv driving record, 10 year employment record,the actual ticket I received. I&#039;ll have the police report of my only accident tomorrow hopefully as well. My cdl permit with endorsements amd tomorrow also the receipt for the fingerprinting for hazmat, previous addresses just in case and 5 references. Will I need anything else? Thanks in advance for any responses![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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