What Are My Chances

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Benjamin L.'s Comment
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I've had my CDL since 2015. For the past 4 months I have been working for a Towing company doing both light and heavy tow. I work 12 hours a day 6 days a week. Day after Christmas I was nearing the end of my shift I ended up running a red light and hitting another vehicle. There were no fatalities but both vehicles were totaled. I was taken to the hospital & treated for concussion. I was slurring my words and when asked to sign the ambulance form couldn't remember how to write cursive so printed my name instead. I was pretty shaken up and fuzzy for a few days. The memory of what happened in the last half mile or so before the hit is gone. I don't know what I was doing that caused me to run the red. Did I space out? Did I fall asleep? Did I glance down to the GPS on my phone at the wrong moment? I just don't know, its a blank. My memory picks back up with a bang and careening towards the ditch. My employer wanted to keep me on because I do good work but they were overridden by their insurance carrier so I got the word today that they are letting me go. I had a ticket for speeding in my personal vehicle in 2017 but otherwise my record for the past 7 years is clear. What are my chances of getting another CDL job?

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.

OWI:

Operating While Intoxicated

Brett Aquila's Comment
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Welcome, Benjamin. Really sorry to hear about the incident, but really thankful everyone is ok. It's always terrifying how quickly things can go wrong on the highway.

Yes, you will land another job, but it won't be easy. You might have to settle for a job or company that isn't high on your list, but necessary to get back in the game. There's no secret to landing a new job. It's just going to take a lot of filling out applications like crazy until someone gives you a shot, and they will.

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