How To Handle An Mvr

Hi everyone,

My name is Joshua.

I might consider a career as a truck driver.

Today's question of mine deals with driving/mvr records. I've had accidents before, but most of them DID NOT come with a police report - and I don't think an insurance report either.

So do those accidents (the ones WITHOUT a police report) need to be reported on those intelliapp applications? I guess if those applications say report all accident (at fault, reported, un reported, not at fault, etc), then i need to do exactly that, right? Would noting "no police report" and "everyone was fine to my knowledge" and "we each went on our way" make for better chances of getting hired (well in my case into the company CDL training program since i don't have a CDL) in spite of having had accidents.

As far as the state is concerned, I have just about a perfect driving record - but then again I at least know I don't.

Let's say I decided NOT to list the non-police report accidents. What do I say when/if the company interviewer/recruiter asks about the mvr? What would you do or say?

Unfortunately when I tried to get on to Roehl Transport's GYCDL program, I didn't pass the official phone interview - whether it had to do with the mvr discussion or not. Anyway.

It is (or might be) real or phantom concerns (or both) over my mvr that has had me not try to get into these CDL company sponsored programs more/faster. And like i said, Roehl didn't pan out. I wanted to look into Halvor Lines, but when I ended up giving them a buzz the other day, they said they no longer do their CDL training program. Damn, 1k a week would have been nice! :D

What would you do if you were in my situation? Are there any CDL-training companies that DON'T give a **** about the record? Do the companies that do care about it just the fact that it happened (conviction or not) or ONLY actual convictions? I do NOT have any convictions - or even if i do, they DO NOT show on my mvr, and i do not think I have ever been arrested.

Oh and the same questions go for when I HAVE been pulled over, but have only gotten warnings (but not tickets or the stops placed on the mvr).

Thanks,

Joshua

You have to be totally honest answering the questions, period. The MVR you see is not what those companies see. Think of it like the FBI, they can see deeper than you can into your records. Only answer, how it is written, if it asks "have you EVER"=yes..... "In the past 5-10 years, have you had an accident ?" Never volunteer anything other than what is asked/required.

They figure if you can't be honest answering a simple personal history question, then what else would you lie about ?

Stevo gave you the correct answer.

The way you termed things leads me to believe you have been involved in several accidents, which causes major concern. Fault isn’t an issue, but your judgement would be.

As far as a carrier giving a **** about a drivers record. They better. There is a crash or actually one truck driver causing 7-8 seperate crashes and killing people. The driver is pending a range of charges, but his carrier is trying to distant themselves from him. Probably won’t happen. A carrier is responsible for the actions of their employee’s.

There have been more experienced drivers looking for new jobs because of so many carriers closing down. Carriers can and are being very picky currently.