Profile For Hiyuce W.

Thank you very much! This is very informative and I appreciate it. Great job on landing with that company :) I’m proud of you dude

Some of the folks that have been here a long time can tell you better. Im just fixing to start company paid school on Monday. I do have a ton of experience with speeding tickets however. As long as they are documented at under 10 mph, and you did not have a CDL nor a CLP at the time, many companies will still hire you, but it depends on their hiring policies. As far as the accident goes, I think a lot of that would depend on how it is handled and documented through the company you are/were working for.

It brings up a great point that was brought up to me and changed the direction I was going to go in. Old School and many others here have ample reasons why it would be more advantageous for you to pursue company paid/sponsored CDL training. I bring this up because you mentioned that you were saving up tuition. In doing so, you could find yourself finishing school, getting a nice fancy looking CDL and not having a job after spending all that hard earned money. CDL school only teaches you how to qualify for the bare minimum requirements to get a CDL. It doesnt teach you how to become a driver, nor do you get the needed experience. As it is, Most companies require experience and like to see you in at least 6 months of OTR before they will even touch you. I can attest to this, I have a stack of denials from companies that I tried to get on with when I was going to go the self paid route.

The company Im starting with on Monday, while not paying for my school per say, has some skin in the game. Im already hired and will be getting paid to attend their school, paid to train with them and am getting the schooling on a low cost zero interest loan thats deducted from my checks in small amounts. In addition, I get to train in the same tractors and trailers I will be driving for them.

Id highly recommend looking into the links here for Paid CDL training and resource materials available. Paid CDL Training Programs

Truck Driver's Career Guide

• Truck Driver's Career Guide
• Brett's Book: The Raw Truth About Trucking (free online version)
• High Road CDL Training Program
• CDL Practice Tests

And Im not sure how to link on but the article of Why I prefer company paid CDL training to self paid CDL school. If someone can link to it.

Hey there, I am 21f and really itching to get my CDL. I worked for a delivery company, and had no accidents until one bad day. I didn’t look left again - dumb mistake - and clipped someone ahead of me. Airbags deployed for them but no injuries and no citation issued for myself. I already had most of the tuition cost saved up - what are my chances of even getting a job now? I’ve had a couple speeding tickets in the past for under 10 also, but never have been in an accident before.