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Didn’t realize I wasn’t receiving updates via email for new responses lol. Didn’t mean to ignore you all.

Thank you all for your honest responses. I really feel like I am being looked out for here on trucking truth.

So I talked to a few lawyers and here it is. I can pay a flat fee of 750 to request to withdrawal my guilty plea and if that goes through we would be able to work on the prosecutor to reduce the charge or, at best, remove the points it or on my license. I realize the points on my license aren’t what is hindering my job opportunities. But if the charge were reduced it would still state on my mvr that I was cited for speeding and that it was changed to whatever the reduced charge would be. Anyone with experience with this stuff that has some input, I’d greatly appreciate it. Would I still be SOL if it still said I was pulled over for speeding even with the indication of it being reduced?

So I’ve been awaiting approval on WIAO funding to go to trucking school. Back on Labor Day I was pulled over for going 72 in a 55 on I35 in Dayton, OH. I’m just now realizing that this charge will screw me out of getting on with most companies. Here’s the kicker. I was offered to take a remedial course to make it like the ticket never happened but it costed more than the actual ticket so I declined, not realizing it’s be such a hindrance. Any advice or input on my situation would be appreciated. Any companies that’d hire me in the Dayton area with this charge?

That’s what I was thinking PackRat...

Kearsy, well put. It would be better to think of a company to stay at long term rather than hop from one to the other.

Thanks for the input 👍

Hi. This is my first post here on Trucking Truth.

I am planning to attend trucking driving school to obtain my CDL. I got an intent to hire offer from a smaller, local company here in Ohio. I would be hauling steel parts within the premises of the steel factory that hires the trucking company to haul their parts. So I would be doing slow driving and never actually be on any public roads/highways. I would go through a training period where I’d be trained full time for 10/hr. After that i would work full time at 17/hr with benefits and overtime pay. Since I wouldn’t be doing any actual on road driving and all that would entail, would it be a better idea for me to go with Schneider? I have read they have one of the better training/safety policies and they would give me more practical experience if that Is what a company would look for when I tried to move on to a better company down the road. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks I’m advance.