Can Somebody give me advice?

[Road_Juggalo]

Okay I am working for a owner operator right now running the ports in Norfolk, and Portsmouth Va. , doing the intermodal thing. Anyways it's not working out that good, because I have a baby now and there is no benefits plus I get 1099 at the end of the year. That's gonna hurt me bad at the end of the year cause I'm gonna owe the federal goverment alot of cheddar in 2008. Any who here is my problem, before I got my CDL I was a punk. A drunk punk at that, so I got about 4 misdermeanors. 2 of which are open container of alchol, and the other drunk in Public. The one that ius hurting me is a Open Container charge I had in Oct of 2004. Im haveing the hardest time getting a truck company to accept me. Except for Mcleod, but I don't know if I wanna go back on that route again. I have even been turn down by this company BTT to drive a owner operators truck doing the intermodal thing. That one blew me out the water, cause it is someone elses truck and they wouldn't let me pull for there company. Any way none of those charges involved a vehicle in any way. It was just me walking out of bars drunk as hell, and the Va Beach cops waiting outside of them to meet a quota. I don't even touch alchol no more. Well I got the CDL in order to change my life I have a baby and a mini family to support, but my life is not changeing no one is giveing me the oppurtunity I deserve. I have no tickets, accidents, or anything of that nature, my licence had positive points. Every company says my Dac is clean but its those pesky midermeanor stopping me. How can a guy trying to make a difference get a break in this industry. I'm a perfect driver and safe may I add wit a checkered pass that is haunting me. If anyone has any ideas or comments I will definattelly listen. Thanks!

[DD60]

Okay I am working for a owner operator right now running the ports in Norfolk, and Portsmouth Va. , doing the intermodal thing. Anyways it's not working out that good, because I have a baby now and there is no benefits plus I get 1099 at the end of the year. That's gonna hurt me bad at the end of the year cause I'm gonna owe the federal goverment alot of cheddar in 2008. Any who here is my problem, before I got my CDL I was a punk. A drunk punk at that, so I got about 4 misdermeanors. 2 of which are open container of alchol, and the other drunk in Public. The one that ius hurting me is a Open Container charge I had in Oct of 2004. Im haveing the hardest time getting a truck company to accept me. Except for Mcleod, but I don't know if I wanna go back on that route again. I have even been turn down by this company BTT to drive a owner operators truck doing the intermodal thing. That one blew me out the water, cause it is someone elses truck and they wouldn't let me pull for there company. Any way none of those charges involved a vehicle in any way. It was just me walking out of bars drunk as hell, and the Va Beach cops waiting outside of them to meet a quota. I don't even touch alchol no more. Well I got the CDL in order to change my life I have a baby and a mini family to support, but my life is not changeing no one is giveing me the oppurtunity I deserve. I have no tickets, accidents, or anything of that nature, my licence had positive points. Every company says my Dac is clean but its those pesky midermeanor stopping me. How can a guy trying to make a difference get a break in this industry. I'm a perfect driver and safe may I add wit a checkered pass that is haunting me. If anyone has any ideas or comments I will definattelly listen. Thanks!

Next time when you apply for a driving job don't list the misdemeaners.They are usually looking for felonies and what is on an MVR.IF Mvr and DAC are clean than there shouldn't be a problem getting a job. IF you list anything involving alcohol however than it may be looked down on. BOL

[greg3564]

Okay I am working for a owner operator right now running the ports in Norfolk, and Portsmouth Va. , doing the intermodal thing. Anyways it's not working out that good, because I have a baby now and there is no benefits plus I get 1099 at the end of the year. That's gonna hurt me bad at the end of the year cause I'm gonna owe the federal goverment alot of cheddar in 2008. Any who here is my problem, before I got my CDL I was a punk. A drunk punk at that, so I got about 4 misdermeanors. 2 of which are open container of alchol, and the other drunk in Public. The one that ius hurting me is a Open Container charge I had in Oct of 2004. Im haveing the hardest time getting a truck company to accept me. Except for Mcleod, but I don't know if I wanna go back on that route again. I have even been turn down by this company BTT to drive a owner operators truck doing the intermodal thing. That one blew me out the water, cause it is someone elses truck and they wouldn't let me pull for there company. Any way none of those charges involved a vehicle in any way. It was just me walking out of bars drunk as hell, and the Va Beach cops waiting outside of them to meet a quota. I don't even touch alchol no more. Well I got the CDL in order to change my life I have a baby and a mini family to support, but my life is not changeing no one is giveing me the oppurtunity I deserve. I have no tickets, accidents, or anything of that nature, my licence had positive points. Every company says my Dac is clean but its those pesky midermeanor stopping me. How can a guy trying to make a difference get a break in this industry. I'm a perfect driver and safe may I add wit a checkered pass that is haunting me. If anyone has any ideas or comments I will definattelly listen. Thanks!

Next time when you apply for a driving job don't list the misdemeaners.They are usually looking for felonies and what is on an MVR.IF Mvr and DAC are clean than there shouldn't be a problem getting a job. IF you list anything involving alcohol however than it may be looked down on. BOL

As I'm sure any recruiter will tell you, DON"T DO THIS. This is bad advice that will get you fired. Companies check your background and will find the convictions, usually at orientation. Then they'll fire you and you'll have to pay your own way home. Be honest. It may take some time and lots of research, but you will find something.

[Uturn2001]

I hope what DD60 is saying is just give the info that companies are asking for and do not volunteer anything. If they are not asking for misdemeanor convictions then do not give them out.

[Road_Juggalo]

Yeah Im not giveing up that info, supposedly there checking my criminal report and finding it there selves. I know about the whole getting sent home thing. JB Hunt sent me home plus Barr Nunn sent me home and I told Bar Nunn about them and they guranteed I had the job. But after the third day in back woods Ohio they sent me home. I lost alot of money on that one cause I had to come back home with less stuff then I went up there with. Cause they gave me a rental there, and I had to much stuff fopr a bus. try carring three suit cases and a tv in a laundry bag hopping from bus to bus. That is know fun, and I would recommend packing real lite to these orientations.

[DD60]

I hope what DD60 is saying is just give the info that companies are asking for and do not volunteer anything. If they are not asking for misdemeanor convictions then do not give them out.

That is exactly what I meant. :wink:

[Ridge Runner]

Okay I am working for a owner operator right now running the ports in Norfolk, and Portsmouth Va. , doing the intermodal thing. Anyways it's not working out that good, because I have a baby now and there is no benefits plus I get 1099 at the end of the year. That's gonna hurt me bad at the end of the year cause I'm gonna owe the federal goverment alot of cheddar in 2008.

You should be sitting aside the taxes and paying them each quarter. If you can't afford to do that now then getting a job paying the same amount that does hold out taxes and then you can't afford to live anyway. 6 of one half a dozen of the other.



Any who here is my problem, before I got my CDL I was a punk. A drunk punk at that, so I got about 4 misdermeanors.2 of which are open container of alchol, and the other drunk in Public.

I'm glad to see that you seen to see that it was YOUR fault for the fix that you seem to be in now. Maybe a little slow on the up-take, but at least it seems to have sunk in now that your choices in life can affect your future.
The one that ius hurting me is a Open Container charge I had in Oct of 2004. Im haveing the hardest time getting a truck company to accept me. Except for Mcleod, but I don't know if I wanna go back on that route again.

I have even been turn down by this company BTT to drive a owner operators truck doing the intermodal thing. That one blew me out the water, cause it is someone elses truck and they wouldn't let me pull for there company.

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but at most larger companies, the drivers that run for a O/O leased to that company or a company driver must both meet the company standards as they provide the insurance.


Any way none of those charges involved a vehicle in any way. It was just me walking out of bars drunk as hell, and the Va Beach cops waiting outside of them to meet a quota. I don't even touch alchol no more.

Well I got the CDL in order to change my lifeI have a baby and a mini family to support, but my life is not changeing no one is giveing me the oppurtunity I deserve.

Once again I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you had the oppurtunity(sic) BEFORE you got the charges against you. The oppurtunity(sic) that you THINK you deserve is the oppurtunity(sic) that you have to earn by showing that you can be trusted to make good choices in life. ( Use wisely your power of choice ).

I have no tickets, accidents, or anything of that nature, my licence had positive points.

Every company says my Dac is clean but its those pesky midermeanor stopping me.

I'll be honest with you. If I were a trucking company I would be afraid to hire you because you seem to show a problem with drinking.

How can a guy trying to make a difference get a break in this industry.

I think you mean trying to make a difference in your life, then all you can do is try to make better choices in your life. As far as this industry goes..... it don't give too many breaks. You have to prove yourself first to even get a foot-hold.

I'm a perfect driver and safe may I add wit a checkered pass that is haunting me. If anyone has any ideas or comments I will definattelly listen. Thanks!

I don't mean to burst your balls here but it may take some time for your past to be a thing of the past.

[vavega]

i was going to say investigate having your record expunged, but after a little digging i found the state of virginia requirements

you don't give us all the details to know if you qualify. maybe a phone call to the lawyer listed for his free consultation?

[Road_Juggalo]

I don't qualify for expungement because I was found guilty. But me and my girlfriend has been looking stuff up on the internet, and I can write the governor a Letter of Executive Clemency. I can try to go for a absolute pardon, which is said to be real hard to get because it's like them admitting they were wrong for chargeing me. Or I can get a simple pardon which is some what easier. A simple pardon is like being forgiven for your charges. Further investigation into the simple pardon seems to show companies will perhaps give you a chance. The charges will still be on my record but it will have simple pardon next to them. I just have to right a letter to the governor stateing why I think he should pardon it. Then a parole board will look at it and see if I have enough merit for them to do so. It could take up to a year but I believe it's worth a try. Do you think companies will accept me if I get pardoned. Ohh yeah if you get a simple pardon you can not get it expundged. But a absolute pardon you can, but like I said that is more difficult.

[Fredog]

Okay I am working for a owner operator right now running the ports in Norfolk, and Portsmouth Va. , doing the intermodal thing. Anyways it's not working out that good, because I have a baby now and there is no benefits plus I get 1099 at the end of the year. That's gonna hurt me bad at the end of the year cause I'm gonna owe the federal goverment alot of cheddar in 2008. Any who here is my problem, before I got my CDL I was a punk. A drunk punk at that, so I got about 4 misdermeanors. 2 of which are open container of alchol, and the other drunk in Public. The one that ius hurting me is a Open Container charge I had in Oct of 2004. Im haveing the hardest time getting a truck company to accept me. Except for Mcleod, but I don't know if I wanna go back on that route again. I have even been turn down by this company BTT to drive a owner operators truck doing the intermodal thing. That one blew me out the water, cause it is someone elses truck and they wouldn't let me pull for there company. Any way none of those charges involved a vehicle in any way. It was just me walking out of bars drunk as hell, and the Va Beach cops waiting outside of them to meet a quota. I don't even touch alchol no more. Well I got the CDL in order to change my life I have a baby and a mini family to support, but my life is not changeing no one is giveing me the oppurtunity I deserve. I have no tickets, accidents, or anything of that nature, my licence had positive points. Every company says my Dac is clean but its those pesky midermeanor stopping me. How can a guy trying to make a difference get a break in this industry.

I'm a perfect driver

and safe may I add wit a checkered pass that is haunting me. If anyone has any ideas or comments I will definattelly listen. Thanks!

If I was interviewing you, the second you told me you are a perfect driver, the interview would be over and your app would be in the trash
also, no offense but learn to spell, it will make you appear smarter
one other thing,. there's no such thing as positive points on your license.

[Central Coast Driver]

I don't know about the state your in. But I do know that in California, both felonies and misdemeanors are expungeable after 1 year of having a clean criminal record even if you plead guilty. You have to pay to remove them that's all. I'd consult a lawyer if they aren't allowing you to do that. Or maybe move to a state that's not so strict. This was 5 years ago, maybe it's changed by now though.

[MADLUX]

I don't know about the state your in. But I do know that in California, both felonies and misdemeanors are expungeable after 1 year of having a clean criminal record even if you plead guilty. You have to pay to remove them that's all. I'd consult a lawyer if they aren't allowing you to do that. Or maybe move to a state that's not so strict. This was 5 years ago, maybe it's changed by now though.

read his post

[vavega]

i couldn't tell you if companies will accept either type of pardon but even having a simple one is better than what you have right now which is nothing. sketch out the pros and cons of each, such as ease of obtaining, time frame, cost, to make an intelligent decision. either way if you do get one it will look a whole lot better on your record than doing nothing at all. it will open the door for a positive conversation in an interview.

me personally i would go with a simple pardon since it's easier to get, takes less time, and with a growing family, and bills to pay you don't have a lot of time to play around. but in additon to that i would take fredogs advice one step further and recommend a remedial english class for your spelling and grammar. that will help you in filling out applications and also in interviews. in additon i would make sure i could look the interviewer in the eye and not blame anyone (like the va beach police) or thing (the misdemeanor) for my situation, but be able to talk to an interviewer about my past mistakes and what i'm doing in the present to make sure this doesn't happen again. are you going to aa meetings? put it down! if not, how did you stop drinking? what reassurances can you offer other than your word that you have changed?

[silvan]

one other thing,. there's no such thing as positive points on your license.[/color]

This poster is in Virginia. A perfect driver has a point balance of +5 in Virginia. That's doubtless what he's talking about.

[Fredog]

one other thing,. there's no such thing as positive points on your license.[/color]

This poster is in Virginia. A perfect driver has a point balance of +5 in Virginia. That's doubtless what he's talking about.

There may be drivers with perfect records, but there are no "perfect" drivers

[Road_Juggalo]

Yeah dude, I was telling my girl when I saw my post that I would get pounded for saying perfect driver. That was truelly a accident, see I type real fast but I don't type correctly. Im a fast pecker of the keys, I can do that almost as good as someone who is typeing correctly. Most of my spelling errors are typos, but alot of them is just, well it's just I need to go back to school I guess. As for my puncuations and such, well I sorta throw them any were they look good. And they do have a point system here in Va., In which I have +5. I am not a perfect driver at all, In fact I'm still learning, I'm going on only 3 years now with my CDL. And I don't have any tickets, or accidents. But every time I get in the Rig I learn new stuff. And for the whole alchol thing, well all that is my fought, I'm not afraid to admit that. Everything that is going on in my life now, is due to mistakes I have made in my life. But everyone makes mistakes, and so should everyone get a chance to better there life if there trying. I am only asking for suggestion on how I can fix my mistakes, and go foward in my life as a citizen. A citizen with a family, goal, and very bad typeing and grammer skills. I appreciate everyones help, and I am takeing all this seriously. I'm just a man feeling like he is in a slump, and I am trying to claw my way out of it. Ohh yeah and even though the drinking is my fought and I admit to that. Most the cops in Va Beach are C*nts and are trying to meet a quota. If your comeing out a bar and your not going to drive. You need to give a person a chance, lay off his balls a little.