When you get convicted of a DUI, a suspension goes into effect. The length of that suspension should have been explained to you already. You can get your CDL back the day the suspension period ends. Although you should probably go ahead and downgrade your license. For the first three years after being convicted, employment as a CDL driver will be virtually impossible to find. For the fourth and fifth year after conviction, it will only be slightly better for you. Expect to to affect you adversely for at least seven years after your conviction. And, quite frankly, you shouldn't expect much sympathy, either. If someone knows the consequences of getting a DUI - especially someone whose license is essential to their being able to make a living - and they still go out and do it, they probably don't need to be behind the wheel of a CMV.
No you can not
You can get a CDL. The difficult part will be finding employment.
You can't hold a CDL in Kansas with a DUI.
Not as long as the resulting suspension period from your DUI conviction is in effect. If it has passed, and you've reinstated your licence, you can upgrade it to a CDL. If your DUI occurred within the past 10 years, your prospects of finding employment as a CDL driver are slim. If it's been within the past five years, you'd be best advised to pursue another career path, and not waste your money getting a CDL.
You can. With 23 years having passed since your last DUI, it probably won't even hamper you in finding employment as a CDL driver once you've graduated.
Doesn't matter. DUI is a DUI. You're probably going to get your license suspended. And you're not going to get back into CDL driving for at least three years after your conviction (probably won't get back into it for five years, actually). Time to find a new line of work.
You can, but nobody will hire you.
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Sure, you can get a CDL. Whether you'll be able to find employment in the industry is another matter, however.
Not as long as the resulting suspension period from your DUI conviction is in effect. If it has passed, and you've reinstated your licence, you can upgrade it to a CDL. If your DUI occurred within the past 10 years, your prospects of finding employment as a CDL driver are slim. If it's been within the past five years, you'd be best advised to pursue another career path, and not waste your money getting a CDL.
A past DUI conviction won't prevent you from being able to get your CDL, but, depending on how recent it was, it could prevent you from finding employment as a CDL driver. If your DUI conviction was within the past five years, you're better off finding a different line of work to get into.
You can get the license, but don't hold your breath waiting to get hired - especially if either of those DUIs were within the last seven years.