8 points on my licence am I doomed?
#21
11-07-2006, 10:59 PM
Originally Posted by GMAN
You will likely have to wait until the speeding ticket drops off the license before anyone will hire you. Most insurance carriers won't touch you with a speeding ticket that high. My insurance company recently turned down a guy who had one ticket doing 25 over the speed limit, in a 4 wheeler. They don't care what your previous record was, only what is currently on your MVR or abstract. I am surprised that if the ticket was on your UK license that it followed you here. Perhaps it was because it was in the same state as where you now have your license. It would have been best had you hired a lawyer, at the time, to fight the ticket. Sometimes they can reduce the charges. It is probably too late, at this point. Unfortunately, I think you will be forced to wait until that drops off your license before most U.S. carriers will hire you. However, there are a lot of carriers. You could just keep on knocking on doors. You may find one who can accept you.
One other note, you may contact the juristiction where the ticket was written and explain the situation to them. Perhaps they can do something to help you. I would tell them that you cannot find a job due to this being on your record. They may or may not be able or willing to do something to help. Good luck. Let us know if you can work something out. 
#22
11-07-2006, 11:00 PM
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Re: 8 points on my licence am I doomed?
Originally Posted by Rushman
Originally Posted by Ardmore Farms Forever
I DON'T think ..........btw......How are things in LONDONSTAN? I'll probably get more miles "BACKING UP" in the next 3-months, than you'll get going forward in the next 10-years........:lol: :lol: I'll be thinking about you though :lol: :lol:...........Oh yea, GOOD LUCK on wasting your time, oh, I'm sorry, I meant finding a job driving.........as they say in Londonstan, Cherrio. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#23
11-07-2006, 11:06 PM
Re: 8 points on my licence am I doomed?
Originally Posted by kjax
All you can do is make your calls and see what turns up... the speeding ticket is gonna hurt ya for awhile. You'll have to learn to accept the holier-than-thou attitudes on the boards, though. This is how it is, and has been. Thick skin required. And it doesn't pay to get into the pissing matches- they go nowhere. BOL Rather than an a "holier than thou" attitude I've always found good drivers had the "there but for the grace of god, go I" attitude.
#24
11-07-2006, 11:12 PM
Re: 8 points on my licence am I doomed?
Originally Posted by Ardmore Farms Forever
Originally Posted by Rushman
Originally Posted by Ardmore Farms Forever
I DON'T think ..........btw......How are things in LONDONSTAN? I'll probably get more miles "BACKING UP" in the next 3-months, than you'll get going forward in the next 10-years........:lol: :lol: I'll be thinking about you though :lol: :lol:...........Oh yea, GOOD LUCK on wasting your time, oh, I'm sorry, I meant finding a job driving.........as they say in Londonstan, Cherrio. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
#25
11-07-2006, 11:25 PM
I'm curios, did you plead guilty to the 93mph, or did you plea bargain it down? NYS is notorious for plea bargaining.
I got wacked at 87 in a 55 (Rural state route) in my Altima a year and a half ago and the municipal court prosecutor wacked it down to a 65 in 55 to keep the cash in the municipality. When asked by the judge why drive 87, I said I was checking the quality of a repair of a wheel vibration at higher speeds and wanted to make sure it was gone. He actually understood, upheld the deal of ten over speed, issued the 100 buck fine, and sent me on my way with only 3 points.....which were acceptable to most OTR companies. Those points will be gone in another month or two.  Excessive speeding is stupid, and sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do, but there are no excuses for it. Good luck with your career in the USA and welcome to the USA !
#27
11-07-2006, 11:41 PM
Originally Posted by Niagarafallss1
I'm curios, did you plead guilty to the 93mph, or did you plea bargain it down? NYS is notorious for plea bargaining.
I got wacked at 87 in a 55 (Rural state route) in my Altima a year and a half ago and the municipal court prosecutor wacked it down to a 65 in 55 to keep the cash in the municipality. When asked by the judge why drive 87, I said I was checking the quality of a repair of a wheel vibration at higher speeds and wanted to make sure it was gone. He actually understood, upheld the deal of ten over speed, issued the 100 buck fine, and sent me on my way with only 3 points.....which were acceptable to most OTR companies. Those points will be gone in another month or two. Excessive speeding is stupid, and sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do, but there are no excuses for it. Good luck with your career in the USA and welcome to the USA !
#28
11-07-2006, 11:42 PM
Re: 8 points on my licence am I doomed?
Originally Posted by Ardmore Farms Forever
Originally Posted by Rushman
Originally Posted by Ardmore Farms Forever
I DON'T think ..........btw......How are things in LONDONSTAN? I'll probably get more miles "BACKING UP" in the next 3-months, than you'll get going forward in the next 10-years........:lol: :lol: I'll be thinking about you though :lol: :lol:...........Oh yea, GOOD LUCK on wasting your time, oh, I'm sorry, I meant finding a job driving.........as they say in Londonstan, Cherrio. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Hey man read the rules. Like # 6 for instance. we will still read what you said.
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#30
11-07-2006, 11:44 PM
Originally Posted by Rushman
Originally Posted by Niagarafallss1
I'm curios, did you plead guilty to the 93mph, or did you plea bargain it down? NYS is notorious for plea bargaining.
I got wacked at 87 in a 55 (Rural state route) in my Altima a year and a half ago and the municipal court prosecutor wacked it down to a 65 in 55 to keep the cash in the municipality. When asked by the judge why drive 87, I said I was checking the quality of a repair of a wheel vibration at higher speeds and wanted to make sure it was gone. He actually understood, upheld the deal of ten over speed, issued the 100 buck fine, and sent me on my way with only 3 points.....which were acceptable to most OTR companies. Those points will be gone in another month or two. At the time it happened I wasnt a resident of the US and wasnt even sure i was going to become one. I just plead guilty by post, as I was in a rental car driving on a UK licence I never gave a future NYS licence I second thought. Excessive speeding is stupid, and sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do, but there are no excuses for it. Good luck with your career in the USA and welcome to the USA ! |
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