3 Strikes Against Me
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More than likely you may need 6 months Class B with a clean record and a good letter of explanation to potential employers that SINCERELY address 3 things:
1) What happened (the plain truth)
2) That you have assumed FULL and COMPLETE responsibility for these events.
3) What you have done personal development wise to avoid any future adverse events.
Best of Success.
Seeing if I can put your story into simpler terms:
You worked at Prime for a year. You then downgraded to driving class B trucks. This usually happens by force, not voluntarily.
You then hit a vehicle with your truck. You recieved a ticket on your CDL for it, and chose to let someone else defend or not your CDL.
You live in one of the most difficult states to get work in, yet you didn't bother to defend your CDL.
Your chances are not good. If you have a company offering to hire you if you take a refresher course, I'd grab it. Honestly, it sounds like you could use a refresher course. Your CDL should be your most prized possession, it should be at the top of your list for protecting.
Zen was spot on about taking responsibility for your actions, taking accountability and learning from your mistakes.
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.New Reply:
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So September 2022 I got off the road after driving with Prime for a year. Drove Heavy equipment (concrete mixer, and garbage truck) since then.
I got into an sideswiping accident in March, and received a ticket. The job at the time told me I didn't have anything to be concerned with because they would take care of it. Because they didn't see in the video that it was my fault being that the car was over the median line causing my stairs to hit the back passenger side of the vehicle.
The had me downgrade trucks, gave me a written notice, and made me attend a safe driving class as a reprimand. A day after I finished the safety class the Asst. Dir. called me into the office, and told me with the new policies taking affect, and having to do cutbacks being that I was still within my probationary period with the company during the accident, they were letting me go.
The day I was fired I found out that the Supervisor lied about taking care of the ticket and my license got suspended temporarily. The next day I paid that ticket. When I went to get it straightened out I found it that the supervisor never sent the video to the trooper to verify that I wasn't at fault. So that's why he put me at fault. At this point all he'll broke loose and I've been stuck in this wormhole of a situation. Well, I decided I didn't want to stay local, and wanted to get back OTR I started looking for work.
Out of all the companies, and there's been at least 20 so far, there's 3 strikes going against me:
1. I've been off the road too long. Companies want 6 months-1 year tractor trailer experience within 3 years. One company said that I could take a refresher course to get started but they aren't hiring from Florida.
2. The ticket is recently received for the sideswipe
3. The suspension from the company not being upfront with me about taking care of the ticket.
Technically, there's 4 reasons, the fact that I stay in Florida as well. Even though it's 30-45 mins from the Stateline of Alabama, and Georgia.
If companies aren't turning me down for one they are turning me down for another.
Is there any hope for me outside of waiting the 6 months to a year to get hired?
At this point, I'm pretty much open to anything.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.