I Got A Ticket The Day Before I Started School

Okay so you are going to pay them back. You neglected to mention that...and waited until being pressed to offer that. Interesting.

Regardless until you owe them nothing and fulfill your contract, they will likely block you. We’ve watched this same scenario more times then I can remember.

I shouldn’t have jumped on you like that so I apologize and I’ll clarify why you’re getting the responses you’re getting:

1) going to CRST with the intention of leaving as soon as you finished school was not a wise plan. Even if you didn’t know what we’ve told you about CRST a contract is a contract and it’s poor judgment and bad form to essentially try to pull one over on the company like that regardless of who they are.

2) getting a ticket for 18 over the day before school shows more poor judgment. I’m not one to talk because I’ve done my fair share of stupid stuff including getting a ticket for 51 over and getting a texting ticket years ago while in the process of being hired for a driving job. But yeah it still shows poor judgment.

3) Not taking care of the ticket like others said could really screw things up for you in the form of your license getting suspended if not paid timely. And while you can get hired with an 18 over, it’ll be essentially impossible to get hired with both that and a recent suspension on your license. Hopefully it’s not too late or your career is over before it even started.

4) you didn’t disclose the ticket to the company (CRST) that was in the process of hiring you and sending you to their school. Really really bad idea.

So the reasons you’re getting some hostility particularly from me and some somewhat judgement comments is because you’ve made several pretty damning mistakes already. We can attribute some to just not knowing any better which is fair for someone just entering the industry but you’re not really showing much critical thinking here and integrity doesn’t seem to be your strong suit either front your dealings with CRST and not disclosing the ticket.

I’m done with this thread because it really annoys me and it’s people like you that come in thinking they know everything and trying to pull one over on their companies and not using a lick of common sense that end up on Twisted Truckers.

Sorry Brett and mods if you gotta take my comment down it’s cool.

By saying you were unable to fight it do you mean you unsuccessfully fought it or that you didn't hire a lawyer to do it? With a CDL or wanting to get your CDL its extremely important to fight every ticket. I received a citation a couple years ago that was $335. I paid the $600 for a lawyer to fight it (and get it dismissed) because the long term ramifications such ticket would have on my career. If it isn't paid by the due date you risk your license being suspended which is going to make your situation even more difficult to overcome.

No I didn’t have the time to go back to Iowa to fight it I left after getting my license to go in the truck with my husband so it was hard to find time to get back there but I am going to pay it this weekend for sure

Just curious, Elizabeth;

(Guys, did you catch this?) Who does your husband drive for .... CRST, or someone else?!? Does his company know that he's got a CDLA licensed driver 'riding' along with him? This is a huge 'NO NO' at many companies, for obvious reasons.

(You should've stayed back and handled that ticket, and CRST, instead of riding along; IMHO. Nobody here is 'dissuading' you, ma'am .. just the cold hard facts.)

Just wondering!

Best always,

~ Anne ~

We are giving you the truth and giving you prudent advice.

So you knowingly intended to welch on your contract with CRST. You are totally in the wrong here.

I knew after reading your initial post where this was going to end up.

We are not going to tell you what you want to hear. You should seek advice elsewhere.

I don’t have a problem with taking advice or criticism it was a different way for saying what they said but thank you anyway for everyone’s help I appreciate it have a blessed day

I want to stress that even though its going to cost you more to fight it that its still worth it. You may come out of this with the same result but it's still worth trying to get it thrown out. There are often technicalities that attorneys can exploit or use your previously good driving record to show this was a lapse of judgement or something completely out of character that it MAY get tossed.

Be thankful this ticket was issued BEFORE you got your CDL because things get much worse as a CDL Holder. You didn't have a CDL at the time you were issued the ticket so you may be eligible for some sort of driving school and probation. Those aren't available to existing CDL holders. Also 2 tickets of 15 over within a rolling year will disqualify you from operating a CMV for 1 year as a CDL holder regardless if it's in your car or the truck.

Please let us know how this turns out.

Im confused. If she got the ticket prior to her first day of school, wouldnt that mean it was incurred before she attained her CDL? Notwithstanding though, Ive been through the ringer with tickets. I paid out 600 and change to a lawyer, plus a 100 to a charity on the last ticket I got . It was in rural NM and I couldnt go fight it either. I paid the attorney to go for me. It got dismissed and theres no record of the citation being issued. Theres two parts to tickets. The citation date and the conviction date, in some states a third which is payment or settlement date.

In general though, it seems to me, and Im not criticizing, that you perhaps didnt want to come right out and say that you had a plan to drive with the hubby and were just using crst for that. Perhaps you didnt want to get flack for it, understandable and not that anything could be done about it now, but there are a few companies that might have been a better choice in that they offer no contract schooling. Knight for instance, you could have gotten your CDL and left the day after you got it, you would have left with a zero interest loan with low monthly payments. No contract. Many carriers would be happy to have taken you guys on as a team and done your schooling and training. I just think in general that you guys might have been better served by coming here and laying out the scenario you want to accomplish and then getting sound advice on it. Im certainly not trying to chastise you, just trying to offer a different perspective.

Your posts are confusing, so I am going to assume:

1. Before attending CRST's training program, you received a speeding ticket 18 miles over the speed limit. As G-town stated, that is reckless driving. Did you disclose that to CRST before going to their school?

2. You attended CRST's program knowing that their contract stated you must drive for them to have schooling paid, yet you had no intentions of driving for CRST.

CRST is going to prevent you from driving for another company. Unless you are going to pay CRST in full for schooling, you better lawyer up. CRST drivers know more about their policies. 3. You need to get a lawyer to fight that ticket and possibly get it reduced, if it even can be. If you just go ahead and pay it and that reckless driving conviction goes on your CDL , I would assume you are dead in the water before you even start. I am not a lawyer though, so I may be/am wrong about that.

Does your Husband have his own tractor or is he a company driver? Were your plans to do team driving with your Husband, or just travel with him?

Your posts are confusing, so I am going to assume:

Were your plans to do team driving with your Husband, or just travel with him?

Yep... That is a whole other issue. Even if her hubby has his own authority, her insurance would be so high they might as well close shop. No insurance company is going to want to underwrite her.

I concur with Don... Her posts are confusing. She went to CRST for the schooling with no intention to work there. She got a ticket the day before it started. Then she quit and made payment arrangements. So she could go with her hubby.... And probably won't be able to.

What is the plan to get OTR training? Her husband I guess? Good luck with his company wanting her.

And have a Blessed Day