Profile For Brandon J.

As terrible as DUIs are, this is at least makes my own outlook look a little better with just a suspended license for an unpaid ticket(or is it). Although I'll be honest I don't expect much at all. Idiot tax is expensive!

That's some scary stuff. And stuff I never knew would be much of issue trying to get into this industry. I'm gonna soak all this knowledge up before I get anywhere close to a rig.

Most companies will see the ticket and reason for the suspension as a bad sign. It shows lack of responsibility and poor decision making. How do you show them you've changed? By a year or two of steady work, keeping your license clean, a car and insurance.

Other than that be upfront and honest when you speak to these companies. Good luck.

I was big idiot, still a little idiot but not as much now a days. I'll just keep putting my best forward and see what comes of it. I'll take a little bit of luck too, thanks haha.

Yet it seems I've hit a snag. Through the wonders of terrible decision making and dealing with depression a few years ago in about 2015 I think it was I got a ticket for speeding. No big deal right? Weeeeeelll think again when you can't even muster the will to pay it off. I ended up just ignoring/conveniently forgetting about it until I had to get a new License in MI. The DMV was there to remind me I still had to take care of that TN license suspension before I could proceed. So I did, wasn't cheap, but thankfully fairly painless as I could do most of it online and over the phone.

Now in between all that time and now I was dealing with some pretty terrible mental health issues. It was rough. Had like 4 different jobs, would always leave for feeling like worthless junk and what not. I wasn't driving as my previous vehicle broke down and was close enough to the places I worked I'd just walk.

Finally last year I got some help and am starting to really get my life back together looking for a good, stable career to stick with. I've always had an inkling for the open road, felt like I should make that my job. Applied for a few company sponsored CDL training programs and one that was looking very promising had to turn me down for not having my license for a year. I didn't think it would matter but life finds a way to bring the hard truth straight to you.

I guess that just really took the wind out of my sails as I was pretty excited of the prospect of having a job I really feel like I'd enjoy and a steady one at that. I'm getting in contact with a few others (Thanks for the links on this site whoever keeps those up!) hoping that goes somewhere more positive. Entirely preventable life lesson of procrastination is bad and plan ahead for the future .

Wew, I just had to vent/lament on my poor choices. I really didn't want to go back doing the work I was doing before. It's not fun and doesn't excite me or stimulate me at all. I didn't know of all the requirements these companies are looking for back then. If I did, I'd be posting about how awesome my week of driving my truck has been otherwise instead of making terrible choices. (Also maybe this will be my Acceptance, the first step, in dealing with grief.)

I'm going to keep pressing on though to see if I hadn't completely closed the doors to the Truck life before stepping in one. Keep my nose clean and keep on /trucking/, lol. I suppose to anyone thinking about getting into truck driving, make good choices when it comes to your driving life.

I'm just about to get my CDL in the next month and this was a refreshing read. Really hit all the feelings I've got even this far out. I just have to learn what I can and stay focused and it seems I'll be alright, hopefully. Lol