It is now going to get very dangerous out on the roads.

[papasmurf]

To be fair I see all sorts of mad, bad, and incompetent driving on the roads, and most of it is by car drivers, not HGV drivers.

Add the bad tourist drivers to the bad local drivers and here in Cornwall it is bloody dangerous. I await the statistics for this year with interest.

[Streetwalker]

With average speeds of under 20 mph around my manor  I think Im in more danger of dying from carbon monoxide poisoning than being run over by a blind Hungarian driving a 10 ton truck 

[srb7677]

To be fair I see all sorts of mad, bad, and incompetent driving on the roads, and most of it is by car drivers, not HGV drivers.

[Nick]

This government is taking some very risky and dangerous action rather than put lorry drivers on the skill shortage list for letting foreign LGV,(HGV) driver work in Britain.
This madness and bloody dangerous:-
More at link:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58487347

Government to shorten HGV driver testing process
By Simon Jack
Business editor

Published2 hours ago

The government is expected to announce a shake-up of the HGV driver testing process as soon as Thursday.

It wants to fast track drivers into the haulage industry amid chronic shortages which have caused supply problems.

The BBC understands that during meetings between government officials, hauliers and suppliers, the "penny finally dropped" that the driver shortage was getting worse not better.

The government said meetings with affected groups were ongoing.

It added any change in policy would be announced in due course.

They're reducing the wait time between tests, they're not lowering the stands. Couldn't be worse than the EU drivers I see on our roads already, and they'll have insurance companies that can actually be contactable.

[johnofgwent]

No it isn't


It cannot get any worse than the A449 already is

[papasmurf]

This government is taking some very risky and dangerous action rather than put lorry drivers on the skill shortage list for letting foreign LGV,(HGV) driver work in Britain.
This madness and bloody dangerous:-
More at link:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58487347

Government to shorten HGV driver testing process
By Simon Jack
Business editor

Published2 hours ago

The government is expected to announce a shake-up of the HGV driver testing process as soon as Thursday.

It wants to fast track drivers into the haulage industry amid chronic shortages which have caused supply problems.

The BBC understands that during meetings between government officials, hauliers and suppliers, the "penny finally dropped" that the driver shortage was getting worse not better.

The government said meetings with affected groups were ongoing.

It added any change in policy would be announced in due course.