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Could you shed some light on this? 've been doing construction site deliveries in a long wheelbase tractor and a 40', 45' and 50'flatbed for about a year. I have done more tight manuevering than i can stand, i have had one accident the first time i drove solo. I have done all this reletivley safely, yet i have to take a training course to satisfy insurance companies so that i can learn to do what i already know!!!!! why does local not count?
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Let me see if I understand what you are say...
You've been driving locally for about 1 year. During that time, you had one accident.
Now, you're being asked to take a training course to satisfy the insurance compay...of the company you are driving for? Is that correct?
Or to change companies, you have to take a driving course?
You ask why "local doesn't count". There can be a number of reasons you're being asked to do this, what I've experienced is that some insurance companies want experience driving "similar equipment". For instance, if you drove a cement mixer for 10 years and decided to go to tractor/trailer, some insurance would not accept the 10 years of cement mixer as experience to drive semi. They want to see familiarity of equipment in the experience.
And they want familiarity with terrain as well. Someone who has only driving Wisconsin and Illinois for 10 years, may not be qualified to do west coast turns, because of the mountains.
There are many factors that get considered.
Hope this answers your question. If not, please let me know and I'll give it another try.
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it's to work for another company. i drive out in western washington, have gone most of the way up the mountain pass(I-90). i drove about 24,000 miles in a semi in the past year, and then a few thousand in a very long wheelbase straight truck. I'm moving to tennessee and am trying to get a regional driving job, but am having no luck since i don't have OTR experience. I've driven about 6 different semi's, so getting used to something differnt isn't all that hard. they just won't give me a chance is the big problem.
And as another question, when they ask for your driving record, do they want your commercial and personal or just commercial
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When asked about your driving record, they mean everything...both personal and commercial as most states will show both on one MVR.
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Ok, thanks for the info!