Speeding ticket 25mph over

Good point Rick

 

I read that and thought there was an echo in here...

 

Well we all make mistakes. I speed on a constant basis but thats apart of my job that I do now and I don't worry about law enforcement but thats another story it's a non cdl job so don't worry I'm not rolling down the highway loaded to the gills doing 80 mph. Any ways you will see me post this alot on here. I'm a guy who never had any desire to go OTR not that there is anything wrong with it. It just wouldn't work for me and my family situation. and I didn't when I got my cdl. I had no experiance only school. I was told I would never get a job local and I was wasting my time. Well long story short I found local and my driving career has been nothing but local work. I have had alot of experiance driving straight trucks, dump trucks with a trailer and without, tractor trailers.

I have hauled shingles, heavy equip which I wasn't fond of but it wasn't a bad gig, hay, precast concrete products so on so on. I have gotten alot of experiance right here at home and got paid well doing it. Anyways enough of me rambleing on, my point is look for work around home local work. Something where you will be home every night so you can be with your family. If you want otr then thats cool. I wouldn't screw with the likes of the more popular screw you over companys out there find a smaller one if you really want over the road.

It's a little harder to find no lie's there. But it's out there. It might not be as glamorus as otr but hey it will pay the bills and probally better being your more than likely going to be hourly. I have since helped others do the same and I know it can be done. Most local companys aren't like these big sweat shop outfits with pretty trucks and they don't care as much about your speeding ticket 2 years ago aslong as your honest with them about it. It would be different if you had several then I could honestly say your SOL but your just looking in the wrong places.

Hang in there you get there. Just have to stay at it hard and from what I have read of your posts you seem to be determined enough. I have no doubt you will find something.

 

No, Bahkum we are not the same person.

 

Uh, ok?

Never meant to insinuate that we are... Where'd this come from?

 

sorry must of misunderstood the "echo"

 

We all make mistakes and I'm sure when you did what you did you were not thinking about driving a truck later on. I've always said on this board that a clean record is paramount. The way the business used to work is when you first started out you could have a couple of blemishes on your record then you'd work them off for a clean record. You needed the clean record to better your job as you gained experience. Now with so many drivers out there the companies have the pick on who they want. Speeding is a killer for jobs and we've all done it. Speeding now is just stupid and not necessary considering unemployment pays less.

25mph over is major. So I think your approach to driving has to be local or a small OTR company. You can download trucking companies in your area and then weed through the list. Then you'll have to go out and see them. Be up front on what happened and you never know you might just get lucky and find a company you really like. It seems that everyone thinks they must go to these large companies to start out with and they are the ones that go through drivers the most. That's why they must advertise so much and promise the sky.

Just look at the school you went to and I'll bet you saw that they pushed the bigger companies and might even have had recruiters come in. Neither one is working for you. So you can find work, you'll just have to do it different than the thousands of other drivers. Use the computer to get your contacts and then go see them.

 

alot of companies wont hire me just because i was a bull hauker

 

If you were 30 over here in Arkansas you stood a real chance of suspension. If not outright revoke. In Maryland 25 over 70 would result in a arrest because you busted the 90. It's egregious.

Im not here to pound on you. You might want to work for a rusty old dump outfit a while who could not care less about you and probably abused you to boot. It will be about 3 years to 7 before it drops off your record.

You can be the top in school, but out here in the real world you are just learning. Settle in it will be a while.