Swift fired me 4 yrs ago, 3 preventables, 1 tix for missing weigh st., want 2nd chance

I’m probably going to get ripped for these but I know that with a second chance, I will do much better.

Preventable #1 -- I was with my mentor around week 2 of my training, driving into rest stop at 2:30am. I pulled fwd into a parking lane with trucks (and trailer) on either side of me. It was early in my training, had been driving all night, went into car mode in my mind by not pulling around wide as i advanced into the space. In doing so, the left side of my trailer scraped the right rear corner of a Werner trailer. My mentor was beside himself angry that the Werner driver insisted on reporting it. Werner trailer was already banged up pretty bad and the mark I left was a very minor scrape, hardly noticeable. But the Werner driver played it by the book, so we had to report it.


Preventable #2 -- I was driving northbound I-55 in Mississippi, headed to Memphis Swift terminal to call it a night. My DOT clock had about one hour left on it and I was approx. 45 min from Memphis terminal when I got caught in a torrential downpour, could not see 3 feet in front of me. needed to pull off the interstate and find a place to shut down for the night. I misread a sign, thought it said Truck Stop next exit. I was wrong. There was no truck stop, only a small gas station. My DOT clock was running down as I tried to figure out where to park. Long story short, I found a truck yard to park in but had to proceed down an alley way to get to gate entrance (remember, it’s still pouring crazy rain). Once there I discovered the gate is locked. So Im stuck in this very narrow area, DOT clock running down. I Should have just stopped right there and waited for the morning. But I decided to try and maneuver truck around and exit the alley. I finally managed to turn around but not before jackknifing the truck just enough to crack one of the tractor fairings.


Preventable #3 -- This was just outside NYC, I pulled into a dock which had pillars alongside each lane, causing for a very narrow path to enter and exit. I open and latch my trailer doors after pulling halfway into the dock. They loaded the trailer and I got set to leave, but failed to close the doors prior to pulling out of dock. Right door gets caught on one of the pillars and falls off.

 

Thank you, I'm in Little Rock, Arkansas.

 

Thanks, I contacted TransAm. They told me since i was fired from prev job, I would need a year of safe driving with another company before TransAm would hire me. My research on Carolina Cargo seems to suggest they accommodate felons but maybe not so much those with sketchy driving record. What I've been able to determine so far is that maybe PAM Transport is the place to go. I called them but since I won't be starting until January the recruiter was reluctant to give me insight, which brings me here w/ my questions. I'm just wanting to know am I wasting my time?

 

I lost my CDL (Arkansas license) because I moved to Arizona and did not get that transferred over once I obtained my AZ license. I'm now back in Arkansas and have to re-test for my CDL. I do not mind going back to school. In fact, I prefer to. I enjoyed it at Swift and would appreciate the refresher on all the most basic things from the ground up.