Out of Service and violations questions.

Hey guys, I'm new to this business and i would just like to get some info or even an honest opinion. I purchased my own truck and trailer almost a year ago and I just started working for a company as an owner operator about 3 weeks ago. First trip went fine, no problems whats so ever. Second trip was not as smooth partially due to me lacking knowledge and the cop who i dealt with being a little stuck up. i got pulled over for an inspection at a weight station and my log book was the problem. It was my first day out but i didnt fill put a page for being off the previous 2 days. i didn't pull the line for "off-duty" and I got an out of service. I plead the cop, even offering to show him my bank statements for the last couple of days and explaining that i'm new to this but it didn't help. Once again, I know i was in the wrong but come on... I got an out of service for it and obviously had to notify my company.

Two days later, i got called in for an inspection again. Once again, my log book was not up to standards. This time i was missing a signature on one of the pages (the day i got out of service), one word wasn't very legible and i exceeded my 14 hours on one of the days (drove for 10, on duty for 5). The cop was nice enough to give me a verbal warning and explain some stuff to me concerning the log book. Once again, completely my fault as i didn't take this as seriously as i should have...

I spoke with my company today and they are obviously a little concerned. They know I'm new but that doesn't really help us much.

I just started driving and I already managed to get an out of service and one verbal warning. The out of service obviously hurts my company's points and mine, the verbal only hurts my score. How serious is this and did i dig my self into a hole? i started taking the log book VERY seriously, watching tutorials online and taking pictures of it and sending to my brother (driving for 4 years now) whenever i have questions. I'm positive I have it down but I cant help but feel a little paranoid. My company says that these safety violations stay on my record for 3 years and that if i were to apply with another company at the moment, 95% of them would deny me. Is this really the case?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

 

Yea... thanks. Everybody starts somewhere and this is my start. It might not be the way people usually start in the business but I have the financial means to back it up and the truck and trailer are paid for.

My question was how big of a hole am I in concerning my safety rating and safety rating only. Thanks for the replies