I have 2 speeding tickets. How will this affect me getting hired on?

[Josh4010]

I just got my my EMT-B license 3 months ago. I have been applying everywhere ever since. These tickets are from one year ago and are two months apart. I also have one ticket for not completely stopping at a stop sign. And one of my speeding tickets is 25mph over the speed limit, but it wasnt reckless driving. I have a interview with an ambulance service friday but once they look at my driving record ill probably be screwed. What do you think? Im in advanced emt class now about to graduate and move on to medic. When i become a paramedic will my driving record matter as much as a EMT-B? Or should i just give up on a career in EMS altogether?

 

[JPINFV]

You're best bet would be if they hire for attendants only. The companies I've worked wouldn't hire anyone with an at-fault accident or more than 2 moving violations for driver positions.

 

[Bullets]

Does your state have any way to remove points from your record? Nj allows you to take a defensive driving course which eliminates points and looks good on your record. It's better then waiting for them to go away

 

[DesertMedic66]

Does your state have any way to remove points from your record? Nj allows you to take a defensive driving course which eliminates points and looks good on your record. It's better then waiting for them to go away

At least in my area if you were going 25mph or more over the speed limit then you can not take the driving course to get a point removed.

 

[Bullets]

At least in my area if you were going 25mph or more over the speed limit then you can not take the driving course to get a point removed.

here you get suspended, but he could knock off the failure to stop and the other offense


Your odds aren't good for 911 but some ift will hire you

 

[JPINFV]

At least in my area if you were going 25mph or more over the speed limit then you can not take the driving course to get a point removed.

Actually, it's up to the judge in those cases. Unlike <25mph tickets, the clerk can't approve traffic school. Now getting a judge to agree to allow traffic school in those cases is going to be a different question altogether.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Actually, it's up to the judge in those cases. Unlike <25mph tickets, the clerk can't approve traffic school. Now getting a judge to agree to allow traffic school in those cases is going to be a different question altogether.

Hmmm when I got my ticket 2 years ago traffic school was only an option if it was <25mph. Mine was >25mph so I didn't even get a choice.

 

[JPINFV]

here you get suspended, but he could knock off the failure to stop and the other offense


Your odds aren't good for 911 but some ift will hire you

Technically speaking, you can have your licenses suspended for any speed related violation in California (CVC 13200). Rare unless you're in the 100mph or greater bracket, but the option is open to the judge.

 

[JPINFV]

Hmmm when I got my ticket 2 years ago traffic school was only an option if it was <25mph. Mine was >25mph so I didn't even get a choice.

You actually have to go to court, see the judge, and request it directly from him. If you choose to plead guilty and just pay the fine through the mail, than yea, you won't have the option to. The key is the court clerks, who handle violations where the defendant pleads guilty and pays without going to court, can't authorize it.


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"(b) Authority of a court clerk to grant a request to attend traffic violator school
...

(2)

Ineligible offenses
A court clerk is not authorized to grant a request to attend traffic
violator school for a misdemeanor or any of the following infractions:

...
(G)

A speeding violation in which the speed alleged is more than 25 miles over a speed limit as stated in Chapter 7 (commencing with section 22348) of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code; and


...


(c) Judicial discretion
(1)

A judicial officer may in his or her discretion order attendance at a traffic violator school in an individual case as permitted under Vehicle Code section 41501(a) or 42005 or for any other purpose permitted by law. A defendant having a class A, class B, or commercial class C driver's license may request to attend traffic violator school if the defendant was operating a vehicle requiring only a noncommercial class C or class M license. The record of conviction after completion of traffic violator school by a driver who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C license must not be reported as confidential. A defendant charged with a violation that occurs in a commercial vehicle, as defined in Vehicle Code section 15210(b), is not eligible to attend traffic violator school under Vehicle Code sections 41501 or 42005 in lieu of adjudicating an offense, to receive a confidential conviction, or to avoid violator point counts."
http://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=four&linkid=rule4_104

 

[firecoins]

most likely negatively although not a death sentence.