Need Advice Something Fierce

So I got my CDL back at the start of November from USTDS. Had a job that I did orientation for the next week, then went out with a trainer about a half a week after that. Was with him for four weeks, went out for about a month and a half solo. While I was out, I hit the mirror of an RV parked in front of a driveway I was trying to get into with trailer swing, then three weeks later I got a ticket in my personal vehicle for careless driving. Just today I damaged (very slightly) the bumper of my trainer's truck, the company had put me with him for the last week to try and shape me up a little better. It's not that I don't understand how they operate but this has all left me feeling very unqualified to operate a tractor-trailer at the current time. My company is not willing to put me through any additional training, they'd rather let me go. I'd like to get back into this in a couple of years, but my question is: is going in and trying to find something running a class B a viable way to develop more experience, and if so, what might be the best way to put this in when dealing with trying to find a new job?

You could try try that route but based on what you've stated here, all 3 instances were driver error, avoidable incidents. Driving a straight truck or dump or whatever isn't going to help the issue of not having the awareness you need to know where your vehicle is at all times. You're talking about a very large, very heavy vehicle that will cause a great deal of damage do property and people simply by not being aware. Yes, your incidents were minor but they could have been much worse.

I have a good friend back home that is a DOT officer ( sorry same passion for corvettes). Anyhow we both discussed HOS scenio's one day last year. I asked home many questions pertaining to violations similar to this one and others. In a nut shell he basically told me when they look at logs they are looking for patterns of abuse. Having minor incidents of 3 minutes here or 5 minutes there over the course of a month will not get you in trouble. E logs also are required to be able to retain 30 days of info. You may only see 7 but it retains 30 for DOT.

They also look for patterns of drivers continually using off duty. This coupled a with a few drive time violations is also an indication of abuse. If your logs are examined due to accident there's a higher level scrutiny to the process. He always jokes to let him know when I am driving through so he can inspect me and split the 100 bucks I get for a clean inspection. I reply the only time I want him looking at my truck is in street clothes with a beer in his hand.

You could try try that route but based on what you've stated here, all 3 instances were driver error, avoidable incidents. Driving a straight truck or dump or whatever isn't going to help the issue of not having the awareness you need to know where your vehicle is at all times. You're talking about a very large, very heavy vehicle that will cause a great deal of damage do property and people simply by not being aware. Yes, your incidents were minor but they could have been much worse.

That's the reason I'm not wanting to fight the company too hard on this. The cost of my gaining experience is not worth someone's life, but I'm not sure how to gain said experience. And I really would like to do this for a while.