Profile For Albert M.

Holy crow. ,"Not that bad?!?!"

Look, a SCRATCH, while still an incident, is "not that bad."

I ripped off a trailer door, which I categorized as "pretty dang bad."

What you describe? That's a pretty big deal. You minimizing it isn't doing you any favors.

Ah, well I was under the assumption that "bad damage" would be something like frame damage or ripping entire sections of a truck off. I appreciate you opening my eyes a little more and will take this into consideration.

And yeah I've been calling everywhere, to avail. Been honest with all of them and a lot are saying it needs to be at least a year after the accident.

Apply everywhere. This is a good starting point: jobs page. I don't mean to contradict myself, but your chances are going to be slim; don't get discouraged, just keep applying. You didn't go into detail about your accident, and that's okay, but if/when a company contacts you, be humble, 100% honest, and own everything about your at-fault accident. My last piece of advice is this: go to Craigslist, zero in on whatever cities in the Midwest where you are able to work out of, and search the "transportation" jobs in those cities for CDL jobs. This is a bit risky, as many of these companies are going to be short on or lacking resources (assets, mechanics, benefits, equipment, etc.), but it might get you behind the wheel again, where after a year or three of spotless, clean driving, the doors closed to you now may open up again. Best of luck to you.

Thanks for the help! The accident wasn't all too bad in my opinion but it had to be towed because of a puncture coolant line. I basically hit a guys tandems on his trailer with my bumper somewhat lightly and he had to damage rims/tires, and I lost a bumper, dented the grill, and punctured/bent the coolant line as stated before. I was also written a citation for "failing to yield a stop" if that also helps anyone else that opens this forum to help me.

As the title states I recently acquired my CDL A in December, and started driving for PAM Transport. I got into an accident, was found at fault and was terminated for said accident. I am having some trouble finding a new company, as all my phone calls are usually met with a "No" in some form or another. Would any of you all know of any midwestern based companies that would hire consider hiring me or anything I can do to increase my chances of being hired anywhere? I'd rather after not all the trouble I went through to get my CDL, have to go to a different career path. Any advice?