Trucking Jobs That Hire With One Preventable Accident

Hey guys my names Jose I’ve read many posts on here over the years and finally signed up to ask about any jobs that hire with a preventable accident on record. My company terminated me after the wreck there were no injuries but my cabin was ripped open as I hit a truck parked on the shoulder in Missouri. I reside in Kentucky. I didn’t see him and of course it’s was my fault as I went over the line on the rumble strips and tried to swerve back but couldn’t completely avoid him. It is a small company so I know it was insurance purposes and any other excuse they had which was my pretrip inspections. Which I can explain I was having the water temp warning come up and had to pull over I was told to check coolant and didn’t think to check oil as everytime I was home I mentioned I seen oil dripping but mechanics said there was no oil leak. When I got back the last time I guess some gasket was spewing all the oil out over the engine and hood and since I didn’t check it that day(which I should’ve I know) they held it against me. They didn’t write me up just told me to keep checking it. I wrecked two days later and it was one of the reasons they fired me. I’ve never wrecked anything ever but did in my CV I’m afraid I’ll only have an opportunity at a larger carrier because of insurance purposes just wanted to hear of any to check out with that on my cdls. Thanks in advance.

Hello Jose, and thanks for posting this question!

I think you are going to have a hard time finding employment. Don't despair yet - you may get lucky. You will need to be putting out a lot of applications anywhere and everywhere you can. You may have to settle for a CDL job working for a construction company or something like that. I would try to take anything you can to keep yourself behind the wheel, and employed in the industry. That way when there is more time passed since the accident, you will have current experience. That will help you in the future.

As far as your current job search goes, you are going to have a hard time. It sounds simple to say, "Hey, I've only got one accident on my record." That certainly is better than having three accidents, but the severity of this one is where you are going to find resistance. You hit a parked vehicle! That means you were obviously distracted. If you can't see a parked vehicle, and the rumble strips still don't get your attention enough to allow you to take control of your vehicle, then this is a very egregious accident. It is probably one which will keep you from getting hired into what are the more common trucking jobs available.

Look high and low for anything you can get into now. It is important for you to get back in the driver's seat. You may have to settle for something less desirable than you had before. Try looking at some non-traditional areas for your job search. Check Craig's list - look into local construction companies doing dirt work or excavation type of work. You may even be able to get a waste management type position. Hiring is just slow everywhere right now. It's not a good time to get let go from a trucking job.

Hang in there and try to get about three years between the accident and your next big job search. I don't know what else to say. I am sorry this happened to you. You can overcome it. You will have to be resilient and persistent. I'll bet you already have those characteristics in your personality. I wish the best for you.

Apply everywhere you can think of. All it takes is one "YES."

You might try Navajo Express, my former roommate worked for them after he got fired from Swift for a hard braking event while looking at his phone. Navajo and Western Express are kind of known for giving drivers second chances.

If somebody does give you a second chance after plowing into another vehicle the size of an average apartment in Tokyo, please keep your eyes on the road, it's real easy to kill folx in these things.