My bf needs advice about infractions on his license?

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My boyfriend has quite a few tickets on his license that he never bothered to pay!  The last one was about 4 years ago and he now has a suspended license (surprise, right?)  IK! Anyways, none of these tickets were for a DUI or DWI.... I know he has one seat belt violation, one speeding and driving w/o a license (thats when we found out his license was suspended) and I'm not sure about the others because they were when he was a lot younger.  
Now, that he is a dad and has grown up he would love to be able to get his CDL and drive truck, however, I don't know if that will ever be a possibility for him. So thats where my question comes in.  
Is there anyway possible, with the help of an attorney, that he could get these charges cleared of his record?  Has anyone else had a bad driving record and gotten it cleared? Got their CDL?
I want to call different law offices tomorrow to see what their advice would be, but I would like to sound a little intelligent about this matter and what I would like them to do.  Any suggestions?

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All suspensions will need to be lifted & his license must be reinstated & valid before he can enroll in any truck driving school.

Some carriers will not hire a person that has numerous infractions on their Motor Vehicle Report (MVR). So he may or may not have many companies to choose from that will hire him if he is eligible to enroll & get his CDL from the school.

And it's good that you said none of his problems are for DUI/DWI- that is an automatic disqualification to get a job in trucking. (Unless a waiver can be obtained, I think. The regs have changed some since I drove)

He really should call the school and tell them what all his citations & suspensions were for and see if he is eligible to enroll once his license is reinstated & valid before you put out all of that money for an attorney. If they say he is ineligible for a CDL or enrollment in the school, you just wasted a lot of money on an attorney when he could just talk to the DMV or whoever he needs to pay off the citations to to get his license reinstated & all he would be out then is the court costs & fines, plus the reinstatement fee to the DMV to get his license valid again.

I'm going to paste the link for the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulations (FMCSR) below. Those regulations are the truckers "bible" when it comes to the laws for persons with a CDL. He needs to become very familiar with the different parts pertaining to health, driver's license requirements, etc if he is going to make it in the trucking industry.

FMCSR
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrguide.asp?section_type=A

Antionette · Answer

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alanp38 · Answer

Chances are really good for your man the biggest concern with a cdl is drunk driving call the lawyer's I think he'll be fine.

Atherfool · Answer

The guy already has two strikes against him. First, he's an idiot behind the wheel and deserved to lose his licence and secondly he reneged on his obligation to pay his fines. Slim chance of getting it back.

My bf needs advice about infractions on his license?

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