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CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Were the police involved? If so they should have a report of some kind that states you were not at fault. My current company wouldn't hire me until I showed them a police report stating that I was not at fault for an accident I was involved in. Not really an accident I suppose. I ran over the hood of a car that had flown off a car that wrecked right in front of me. Still it was listed as an accident.
Hi and thank you for your kind words. The issue is the non-at fault accident coming out on my records and I'm reading that could stay for 3 yrs or more. I might keep trying but being rejected twice by the same thing makes me wonder if should I keep applying.
Don’t give up. It’s harder to get hired right now than in the recent past, but not hopeless at all.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
Well there's a police report stating the conditions of the road and besides my incident it also shows 11 more accidents in a matter of 5 hours on the same spot plus another car (make it 12), that went straight into a house and obviously snow related. So far they haven't even asked for that report and only one asked for a hearing letter which was Vacated by the board by a "no-at fault". I don't think 12 vehicles were speeding in such conditions.
Were the police involved? If so they should have a report of some kind that states you were not at fault. My current company wouldn't hire me until I showed them a police report stating that I was not at fault for an accident I was involved in. Not really an accident I suppose. I ran over the hood of a car that had flown off a car that wrecked right in front of me. Still it was listed as an accident.
How serious are you to land a CDL job ? No -Fault is trivial for getting a CDL job. Are you willing to travel/move ? If no one is willing to give you a chance in your area, its time to look elsewhere ! Be willing to be open to job type & location ! once you you have your foot in the door as a CDL driver with record, more doors will open, trust me !
You may make more money by moving to work for another company that NEEDS drivers, location location. Don't just look into your neighborhood for work, look 5 states out or the whole USA ! Again you can accept the faith & dollar amount you choose to live in or look elsewhere for a better paying job !
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Larger trucking companies have more flexibility when it comes to hiring drivers with accidents and tickets. Go to a larger carrier. At the end of the day it is the insurance company who determines who can be hired or not. Plenty of JOBS.
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Hello all.. a pleasure to be here in share with minds alike.
I Recently graduated from CDL school upgrading from B to A and of course without a job. Applied on two companies and was rejected due to a snow related non-at fault accident coming out on my RMV record. I'd like to know for sure if I can keep applying or just forget about this whole trucking dream and focus on a different career.
Regards.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: