Profile For Patrick W.

I appreciate the responses so far. I guess that is what I was alluding to when you mentioned the cop was gonna give you a ticket regardless of the situation. i would imagine that many small villages, towns, counties would view their little stretch of highway as a bank they can draw on to offset budgets. If you look hard enough any person can be given a ticket, and I would think that Trucks would be very appealing to many officers that need to meet a quota.

I may not have been completely clear in my question. I am wondering if it is possible for a driver to go through their career and not get any tickets or fender benders. I mean I am sure that this is the case but is it the norm or a rarity.

I have had a driver's license for the last 25 years and in that time I have never had an accident, ticket even a fender bender. I am going through the steps of joining a school and looking for a company but I do have a question pertaining to MVR. After reading all the job requirements for different companies, is it unrealistic to be a truck driver and not expect to get some form of citation or accident? What I mean to say is that with what the companies will permit on your MVR at hiring is it expected that a driver will get some kind of a ticket in their career?

Curtmandu,

I must say I am very happy to hear that your roommate had such good luck. Thanks for replying it means a great deal to hear something like that. Do you happen to know what company hired him? Thanks Again for the help.

I wanted to thank you for your advice so far. I have tried CR England and they said that they wanted 10 years from my release because my crime involved theft. I understand of course but I am curious if the recruiters all talk from the same script as I have received contrary information from different recruiters from the same company.

I certainly understand the reservation of the companies when looking at a conviction but I am still holding hope. I do not blame anyone for my situation other than myself of course and I would love an opportunity to show that I have learned a great deal about myself and that if given a second chance I will show that I deserve it.

Hello All,

Where do I start? In December 2005, I plead guilty in Federal Court to a non-violent, non-drug related offense (white collar category). I was sentenced and served 36 months in Federal Prison. I have no other criminal records and interestingly enough if you run a standard background on me, my criminal history comes back clean.

I have been home now for just over 5 years and I have been off paper for a little over 2. I am not proud of my criminal past and I wish that I had learned somewhere else what I learned while I was in prison. Contrary to popular belief many people turn their time of incarceration into a positive and in my case that is what I did. I managed to keep my wife and children through the ordeal and I and my family believe that I am a much better person today than I was 10 years ago.

I have always enjoyed traveling and for as long as I could remember I always looked upon "The Knights of the Road" with a sense of awe. I know many of the reasons why I should not go into trucking and many more reasons why I should. I have reached out to Trainco here in Michigan and they gave me a direction to take in getting pre-hire letters. I am eligible for tuition assistance for my CDL and I would rather own it myself then attend company training and be further in debt.

The problem I am having is in dealing with the recruiters, they are always pleasant and even after I inform them of my criminal history they still sound quite confident that it will not be a problem. They tell me they need to confirm with their safety board and then I do not hear form them again. I have emailed them back and tried calling back but I do not get anywhere.

I know that within these forums there must be drivers that have a less than perfect past. I am hoping that someone may be able to give me some advice as to what direction I should take from here. I do greatly appreciate any help that you may be able to give.

Sincerely Patrick