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Originally Posted by AsphaltVoyager
They had a clause in their hiring paperwork that said if you have an accident with damages that exceed $5k, you "can" be terminated. Sure enough, my only real accident and it was almost $8k from what they told me.
The 2 companies I talked with that said they couldn't hire me made no differentiation between reasons for termination at the prior job. Their only take on it was whether I'd been terminated. PERIOD. I guess it wouldn't matter if I got fired for flipping the company owner off and mooned his wife. Terminated is terminated, all the same. The two companies were JBH and CRST.
The accident was a rear-end on a 16-y.o. unlicensed driver who suddenly remembered that THIS is where she was supposed to turn. 60 MPH, empty trailer (no downforce on the trailer tandems for better braking) going through Ruidoso, NM to pick up a load in Clovis from El Paso.
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Sitting in the same boat right now, but luckily I'm working in some capacity.
CRST was who I originally went with and they gave me the whole, "5 yrs must pass from the date of accident."
Then there were a few other companies like Knight, Stevens, FFE, Werner,. etc that gave me the "3 yr" rule.
Right now I'm coming up on the 3rd accident(a rollover that was caused by another rig in UT) that will be hitting the 3rd yr mark in October.
By then, my accident history should be a clean slate from 10/07 to 10/10.
I'm putting in apps, but I'll get more aggressive about it come then(actually going down to terminal and such for a face2face).
Weird thing is the fact that it's been almost three years and no record of the rollover has shown up on DMV H6 printout, but can't say the same about USIS, Driverfacts.,etc
If that doesn't work, then that other mentioned option of ND or WY in the energy fields is totally on my exit plan(and many others getting fed up with this state).
What I'm trying to say is put in applications as you must, but ultimately it's going to be a waiting game if you really want to get back in.
Another thing you could do is go and get certified in welding and diesel tech at a local college.
Those along with your CDL(if you still have it) will take you places.
As far as fastfood goes, it's only one step away from an orange jumpsuit, stay away from it.(unless you work at In'N'Out where they actually make bank flipping patties.)