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

[Sheepy]

I doubt EU (and EFTA) drivers are less skilled than UK drivers. Until recently, they both had to adhere to common standards. Why would the UK break its own rules on skills and competence now? 

In any case, will any drivers come here to work just for a couple of months after being driven out by Brexit...?

Which says you are either dumb as a rock or still under the impression everyone else is. I am betting on the first part.

[patman post]

It was allowing Less skilled, cheap EU drivers to do the work that has driven down wages and caused this mess. Maybe now this situation will get them back up.

I doubt EU (and EFTA) drivers are less skilled than UK drivers. Until recently, they both had to adhere to common standards. Why would the UK break its own rules on skills and competence now? 

In any case, will any drivers come here to work just for a couple of months after being driven out by Brexit...?

[Nick]

It was allowing Less skilled, cheap EU drivers to do the work that has driven down wages and caused this mess. Maybe now this situation will get them back up.

[patman post]

My guess is that only drivers who are qualified to acceptable standards will be allowed. And training and qualification could be outsourced more. As some organisations are already able to handle training and qualifying, maybe they could be encouraged to expand that activity...

[HDQQ]

Now the government is relaxing visa rules so that foreign drivers can come here to relieve the HGV driver shortage that has been caused partly by Brexit. But will any of the Polish or Romanian drivers want to come back here or will the vacancies be filled by drivers from further afield where driving standards might be a lot lower?

[Barry]

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[Thomas]

One thing I have noticed about him. He comes across as all nicey nicey Mr caring left winger until the issues of immigration or crime come up, at which point he morphs into a modern day Genghis Khan.

It wouldn't surprise me to see him advocating machine gun nests all along the coast line, with attack helicopters in the channel on search and destroy missions against dinghies. I can actually remember him advocating the machine gunning of rioters, Amritsar Massacre style.

I think few  political organisations would feel comfortable with him as a member. The latter attitudes would repulse the left, whilst his left wing views in other areas would repulse the right.

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[srb7677]

...but you can generally make a coherent argument as to why you think that and put forth a solution like a corbyn government.

Smurf can do neither , and running around screaming tory bad is all he knows , it turns people off  , and if its all you have to offer then the voting public wont listen.

its all part of whats  wrong in politics today.

One thing I have noticed about him. He comes across as all nicey nicey Mr caring left winger until the issues of immigration or crime come up, at which point he morphs into a modern day Genghis Khan.

It wouldn't surprise me to see him advocating machine gun nests all along the coast line, with attack helicopters in the channel on search and destroy missions against dinghies. I can actually remember him advocating the machine gunning of rioters, Amritsar Massacre style.

I think few  political organisations would feel comfortable with him as a member. The latter attitudes would repulse the left, whilst his left wing views in other areas would repulse the right.

[Thomas]

I can sympathise with that.

...but you can generally make a coherent argument as to why you think that and put forth a solution like a corbyn government.

Smurf can do neither , and running around screaming tory bad is all he knows , it turns people off  , and if its all you have to offer then the voting public wont listen.

its all part of whats  wrong in politics today.

[srb7677]

In short he loves......blaming the worlds ills on the tories , who....are at the root of all evil.

I can sympathise with that.

[Thomas]

The roads are certainly tight but my point being it isn't much different than it has always been. Certainly not like a scene out of Fast and Furious crossed with Day of the Dead as Pappy tries to paint it.

you should know by now nick pappy loves to exaggerate everything and anything. In short he loves a good moan , and then blaming the worlds ills on the tories , who according to pappy are at the root of all evil.

[Nick]

Partly, but the Cornish roads are more hazardous than many. The pixies never made them wide enough and they can't be bothered to cut back the hedgerows. Driving an HGV down there must be a crap job.

The roads are certainly tight but my point being it isn't much different than it has always been. Certainly not like a scene out of Fast and Furious crossed with Day of the Dead as Pappy tries to paint it.

[johnofgwent]

Partly, but the Cornish roads are more hazardous than many. The pixies never made them wide enough and they can't be bothered to cut back the hedgerows. Driving an HGV down there must be a crap job.

Taking a seven and a half tonner to goonhilly was a bloody nightmare. Maybe Cornwall should only allow Cornish hgv drivers ?

[Barry]

No it's not, it's all in your head.

Partly, but the Cornish roads are more hazardous than many. The pixies never made them wide enough and they can't be bothered to cut back the hedgerows. Driving an HGV down there must be a crap job.

[Nick]

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.

No it's not, it's all in your head.