Rules for driving a 7.5 tonne lorry

[RPWC]

[QUOTE=Phil th Barrow;2818898]Thanks Rich for your im put. We all forgot to mention th "walk around checks"... On your walk around check sheet if you were working professionally it has to be ticked off and signed by th driver. So inefect you are signing that th vehicle is road worthy when you leave to do your duty's. As Rich and I have said VOSA arnt payed buy th government any more and self funded. Defects are enforceable and fines do tot up. You can be impounded/fined for everyone's safety or worse.

Now because unscrupulous company's in th past flouted th rules. Ie, it was cheaper to pay th fine than lets say buy a tyre, a lot of this went on. Lets hope it is now thankfully all in th distant past.

Lastly id like to had this. I hope it dosn't send it into a political debate as its not intended too, so here goes.

Driving professionally in th UK is th most legislated profession in th world. It is not cheap to train yourself to th required standards. We are expected and rightly so to keep to th driving rules and working time directive whilst some unsrupalauss bosses/drivers want us to do more, and some drivers do also because of there pitiful hourly rate. So because there is a discrepancy between been a professional driver and them not *been payed a professional's wage there is a 60,000 drivers short

The cost of getting your licence now is extortionate, + 2500/3000. I have had my PCV for 17 years and hgv provisional the same, it cost me in total about 2500 including fuel to and from the training company, about 30miles away, the theory test, practical tests as I failed the first one, and lost earnings from taking a week off to do the course.

[edwardmk]

Originally Posted by Avulon

Driverless trucks - known as trains. last mile by driven van. Let's get these big lorries off of the trunk roads and motorways.

Agree. Such a shame the battling between government and train drivers unions depressed profitability and resulted in the 'Beeching Axe'. Many of the routes have houses built where the rails used to run, but trains are a much better and safer way to transport heavy goods if we can make them work without becoming a union monopoly holding all of us to ransom.