Pending public drunkeness, need advice...

Yeah, take the leap to the new job. You really have nothing to lose and lots to gain by doing that.

Just keep your focus on your goals, keep quite about your personal issue and keep your nose clean and you will be good. Easy road...nope not at all, worthwhile getting cleaned up and enjoying g the new job and tall that this brings gs to you personally, yup, absolutely.

Keep us up to date on how the new job is and how your doing.

You got this if you decide you truly want it.

 

I always thought anything over a .04 counted as a dui for cdl holders. Then I think there’s another rule where if you blow between a .02 and .04, you don’t get a dui, but you are disqualified from driving for 24 hours, or something.

 

Um, no, the consensus is the drinking part itself. We live in a society today, where common sense goes out the window, in favor of instant gratification, in your case, drinking( or combination of things) until unconscious, and now back peddling, and with the way our system is geared, and enough pockets are padded, you'll probably be okay, job wise. This is an iffy case, not driving, off duty, didn't kill anyone, but the bigger issue, is your health in general. That blackout could be a bigger issue, and I don't know what else to tell you, except have to ride it out and see. Going to cost you, and how, at the time, you chose to slam them down without concern for the consequences,, is the real issue. Good luck, better have been the best buzz, because I think you cooked your goose,,in trucking anyway.

 

Before others advise him about the company, something tells me he isn't telling the entire story.

I would like to see the police report to see why disorderly, it just doesn't happen unless he has acted in such a way that would trigger the cops to act like he was a problem.

Wonder if they towed the truck. I know a lot of cops will tow it, the TS would not want it there.

To the op, shut up about it, and work with your lawyer.

To be honest you are going to lose your job if your company has any respect for themselves and their insurance company.

I wouldn't like it if finding out after court and all of that that you were in possession of my property would piss me off enough to fire you and tell anyone calling the truth, you were drunk and were responsible for the truck.

Background checks are being done more thoroughly than they did just a few years ago. Thanks to the new AI systems, a lot of info is now being 'discovered' like expungements and even sealed information. Some companies are trying to stop really bad drivers from getting into the trucks and the costs are less than they were four years ago. What cost me $300 now costs $140.

 

Is a truck stop technically "public", it's more like a zoo. Imagine this scenario, over here we have someone praying, over here we have someone doing women's push ups, over here we have someone urinating between his truck & trailer, over here we have something in a dress and heals, and over here we have someone passed out on the ground, kinda fits right in to the whole truck stop experience.

 

Move on to the new company. If the new company obtains the date date of offense, they will have no idea if you were in control of a commercial vehicle at the time or not. Your current company will be able to put the dots together fast.
This is a state criminal offense in PA. A conviction will show up on a criminal background check. Hopefully your lawyer can work some magic and get it broken down to some local ordinance or something similar.

 

AA

 

maybe tell company you went over to some trucks grilling burgers and drank some punch laced with moonshine??

 

It depends on PRECISELY how the state statute is written, but the way it's supposed to be is:

• .001 to .039 while "in control of a cmv" is OOS for 24 hours
• .04 and up while "in control of a cmv" is a dui
• .08 and up while "in control of a vehicle" is a dui

However , many officers interpret the statute as "if you have a cdl, anything over .04 is a dui". The topic has been discussed on TTR many times, and the ultimate consensus has been "don't put yourself in a position for Barney Fife to ruin your life".

 

You mean in a “Urine” infested ground ? Heck no, I pass out on my own bed at home.