Do Not Get Disqualified
You can be disqualified if you are trying to hide anything on your application, so play it smart and don’t fall to do these two things:
- Tell the truth on your resume and during your interview;
- Fill the application completely, neatly, and properly.
Few things that can benefit you on the truck driving application process are:
- Fairly steady employment background (prior to the conviction);
- Recent graduation from an approved truck driving school or willing to be trained;
- Any CDL driving experience;
- A fairly clean driving record with no reckless driving conviction.
So as you can see, can felons be truck drivers is a very difficult question. Trucking companies do hire felons, but they have strict regulations when it comes to the charges and the timing when the felony was made.
Some will require truck driving experience while others will offer you free of cost truck driver training.
However, there are some felony convictions that will bar you from employment as a truck driver, like: any felony traffic (vehicle) violations including vehicular manslaughter, and trafficking or distribution of controlled substances, materials or weapons.
