Accident And 2 Speeding On My Mvr, Anyone Know Who Will Hire Me? Any Advice?

One ticket will expire in a few weeks, had a wreck received ticket for failure to yield row making left turn, who will hire me?

One ticket will expire in a few weeks, had a wreck received ticket for failure to yield row making left turn, who will hire me?

I'm no expert on traffic tickets. It's been twenty years since I got one.

Is a failure to yield a hazardous driving offense? If so, you might have a rough time.

If one of your tickets will fall off your ten year MVR in a couple weeks, let it fall off, then apply, especially since you have two other MVR events.

Hard to say. Companies will vary their requirements at times depending upon how many drivers they need at the moment or what their insurance company's most recent stipulations are.

Best thing you can do is apply like crazy everywhere you can think of and see what they say. Some companies off the top of my head that are a little more lenient are:

CR England

Western Express

Carolina Cargo

Oh, forgot to mention - we have a page of companies that hire drivers with felonies. Obviously you didn't mention having any felonies but I think this would be a good indication of some companies that have more lenient hiring standards:

Companies That Hire Drivers With Felonies

Oh, forgot to mention - we have a page of companies that hire drivers with felonies. Obviously you didn't mention having any felonies but I think this would be a good indication of some companies that have more lenient hiring standards:

Companies That Hire Drivers With Felonies

Sadly - felonies seem to be different that wrecks and citations. Felonies are used as a "character judgement" (depending on what you did) and thefts are frowned upon more than drugs or violent crime it seems (because you are hauling thousands of $$'s in goods). Accidents and citations are strictly an "insurability issue".

What kind of ticket "expires" (one of the speeding) - and what do you think CONSTITUTES EXPIRES? Most companies look anywhere from 3-5 years at citations (on their applications - they WILL PULL A LIFETIME MVR on you). So are we talking falling of an MVR, or falling out of the range that companies are asking for on applications? And a lot depends on the severity of the citation.

How recent and how fast was the speed?

The wreck is a wreck - how recent? You got a ticket for it - so you were considered "at fault" - were there injuries? Did you fight the ticket and get it dismissed?

I had a similar accident, where I turned left in front of someone that was speeding (as in so fast, it took him a full block to get stopped after he tagged me). Cop wrote me for the same thing FTYROW while turning. Got it dismissed because the cop didn't witness it, so he couldn't testify (and this was the COP that told me to fight it). I hired a lawyer anyways, still easier than making 2 court appearances myself.

Depending on how old the accident and speeding ticket are (and how fast you were going), you shouldn't have an issue applying pretty much anywhere. If they were both IN THE LAST YEAR - then you are going to have a problem EVERYWHERE.

Rick

One ticket will expire in a few weeks, had a wreck received ticket for failure to yield row making left turn, who will hire me?

Thank you for all the replies, I am currently talking to Stevens Transport, sounding like they will hire me, but have reviewed many horrible testimonies concerning this company. Getting cold feet..........still researching options. Def not scared of hard work and long hours, but have a low tolerance for BS. Don't particularly like the low cpm they quoted me, and am leary of the hidden deductions ive heard about. Stepping cautiously now.

My nephew drove for Stevens for almost 2 years and despite lower cpm he says he stayed very busy and enjoyed working for them. Always had plenty of miles and made money with them. He only left to form his own hotshot company.

One ticket will expire in a few weeks, had a wreck received ticket for failure to yield row making left turn, who will hire me?

Thank you for all the replies, I am currently talking to Stevens Transport, sounding like they will hire me, but have reviewed many horrible testimonies concerning this company. Getting cold feet..........still researching options. Def not scared of hard work and long hours, but have a low tolerance for BS. Don't particularly like the low cpm they quoted me, and am leary of the hidden deductions ive heard about. Stepping cautiously now.

I drive for Stevens, but I didn't go through their driving school. I came to them with a certificate from TDI, Forsythe, GA.

The level of BS I've encountered at Stevens hasn't been particularly high, and there's FAR less now that I'm solo and out of the grad fleet.

The company is a privately owned company, not a publicly traded corporation, so there are quite a few weird inefficiencies that would probably not exist if they had to justify their operations to stockholders. Also, there are a lot of family members and spouses of family members working all throughout the company so I strongly suggest being polite to everyone.

I strongly suggest that you *not* wait for the last van that will get you to the facility from your hotel on time. Catch an earlier van than you have to, because the late vans frequently don't have enough seats...

Texas Man wrote:

Def not scared of hard work and long hours, but have a low tolerance for BS.

I have read your posts and all of the replies and something that has jumped out is the above statement. Depending on your definition of BS and what that means to you, every driver is subjected to many, many things that are out of our control. Yet we must adjust to those situations, otherwise be negatively affected by them. Not saying you should be anything other than aware of it,...but it's how you respond that matters the most.

And these situations will be thrown at you during training and orientation. Sometimes it's done on-purpose just to see how you respond. The best example is waiting,...you will find yourself doing a lot of that. My suggestion is to think through these things, and not react emotionally or unprofessionally. Try to stay positive...at all times.

You got a lot of good advice here and at least one Steven's driver FarmerBob (that I know of) who has offered first hand advice and likely willing to assist in the future.

Good luck and be safe.

but have reviewed many horrible testimonies concerning this company. Getting cold feet

The first thing you need to do is quit reading Internet reviews of all Trucking Companies. If you listen to all of the negative crap written by people, most of whom are no longer in the business, you will not want to work for ANY OF THEM. It is your attitude and work ethic that will make you successful with just about any one of them.