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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Johnnytruckdriver549, Sep 27, 2013.

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Well I'm with you on the dock workers, but plumbers and electricians? So you don't want these guys in a truck, but you want them coming into your home?
which reminds me of I guy i used to know, he was my friends brother, the guy was a piece of ####. He was a gang member, had several convictions, and he did heroin. He did all that but still had a job as a mover, he drove the truck and went in peoples homes and moved their stuff. Luckily he is in prison now, but the point is if that guy got a trucking job I think the op will find something.
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Man ..you think so small. plumbers and electricians don't just work in doing in-home repair...new construction , building maintenance all sorts of things..and yes I'll take them in a house where I can watch their every move if necessary , other than have them driving down the road in an 80,000 lb. vehicle...I can control them in my home if need be...I can't control them while their in a truck....

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I don't really feel sorry for dopers, but I do feel bad if he actually wasted his own money on CDL school after being led to believe he'd find work.

I wish there was a huge banner for newbies somewhere on the site explaining that schools don't get you jobs just because you gave them money...

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CondoCruiser said: ↑

These rules aren't made by one but many. We're back to I screwed up yesterday but today I'm a different person. One year really isn't a long time and someone can bounce back to their old ways. Where five years is a more solid figure that someone won't revert back and they have matured. It's easier to get away with something for a year but five years is at least five times as hard. Plus if they haven't got in trouble in them five years it gives a better picture of that person. It's almost the same as why do tickets stay on your MVR 3 years? The punishment has to fit the crime sort of speaking to make people think twice and deter them from doing them things.

Just like driver pay and labor law exemptions, truckers live in a different world with different rules from everyone else. Many think oh you just drive, anyone can do that job. Trucking is more complex than one from the outside thinks.

Keep your nose clean and everything is fine. Mess up and there are heavy penalties to pay. Why? Back to the safety sensitive part.
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Yea, 5 is the standard, not 4, but someone said now would be enough, and its only 4 years, not 5 yet.

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chris886 said: ↑

Well I'm with you on the dock workers, but plumbers and electricians? So you don't want these guys in a truck, but you want them coming into your home?
which reminds me of I guy i used to know, he was my friends brother, the guy was a piece of ####. He was a gang member, had several convictions, and he did heroin. He did all that but still had a job as a mover, he drove the truck and went in peoples homes and moved their stuff. Luckily he is in prison now, but the point is if that guy got a trucking job I think the op will find something.
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A pot head isn't going to kill people as a plummer. Yea, im fine with a pot head fixing my pipes. Im not scared of a pothead. i just dont want him driving a weapon

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Tonythetruckerdude said: ↑

Folks , people gotta learn that taking drugs , or having them in their possession IS breaking the law....knowingly braking the law. I guess the trucking industry should just keep lowering the standards for employment. Drug convictions/DUI's should be a non-starter for trucking...but to the OP.................. Carolina Cargo in Rock Hill S. C. would more than likely hire you so that's a place to start.
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I agree. There is always that applicant with a clean past to choose from.

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volvodriver01 said: ↑

Well you are kind of wrong as Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana so maybe its not a "drug"? Either way its not knowingly breaking the law.
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Actually, the federal law still applies in those states. The DEA could arrest and a federal court could convict someone in those states, even though the state, county, and city law enforcement would not. The US DOT also considers it breaking the law if you are caught driving your personal vehicle under the influence of drugs in those states if you are a CDL holder.

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Actually, the federal law still applies in those states. The DEA could arrest and a federal court could convict someone in those states, even though the state, county, and city law enforcement would not. The US DOT also considers it breaking the law if you are caught driving your personal vehicle under the influence of drugs in those states if you are a CDL holder.
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even if your not cought driving under the influence, if you ever smoked in the last few months and you fail a piss test, DOT can punish you the same way. Even if it was legal when you smoked it, its still in your system DOT can crack down.

This is also the case if you travel to Europe and smoke in a country where it is 100% legal. It is still illegal to drive a truck int he US after even if no longer under the influence.

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Richter said: ↑

A pot head isn't going to kill people as a plummer. Yea, im fine with a pot head fixing my pipes. Im not scared of a pothead. i just dont want him driving a weapon
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What if he's fixing your natural gas pipes? Plumbers are the ones who do that kind of piping too....

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Bro im in da same boat only difference mine was 2011. Never went to jail never. Been just a citation. For 469.

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i know we are not supposed to pioint out bad grammar, but ####, is that english?

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