{"id":14618,"date":"2022-08-24T11:34:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/?p=14618"},"modified":"2022-08-24T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:37:11","slug":"will-car-drivers-be-allowed-to-drive-lorries-without-a-test-to-help-with-hgv-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/will-car-drivers-be-allowed-to-drive-lorries-without-a-test-to-help-with-hgv-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Car Drivers Be Allowed To Drive Lorries Without a Test To Help With HGV Shortages?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_padding=”7px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/5lOk1gF5HZk” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Drivers could be allowed to drive HGV vehicles without taking HGV formal tests to help with the UK\u2019s shortage of truck drivers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to REC, around 70,000 HGV drivers left their role since the pandemic began, 12,500 of which were EU nationals. This shortage of truck drivers slowed down logistics last year which caused a limited supply of petrol being transported to stations. To \u201chelp\u201d the crisis it has now been reported that motorists could be allowed to drive an HGV without sitting a test.<\/p>\n

In a letter to MPs, the Transport Secretary wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been suggested that now the UK has left the European Union, we may wish to allow all car drivers \u2013 not just those who passed their test before Jan 1, 1997 – the right to drive these larger vehicles without the need for a further test. <\/em><\/p>\n

Changes to the licensing categories would potentially create a greater pool of drivers. I am quite happy to explore this idea and how this may work in reality \u2013 without making any commitments to legislative change at this stage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is opening a consultation for lifting the ban on unqualified HGV drivers being able to drive anything larger than a 3.5-ton vehicle in order to prevent further shortages.<\/p>\n

A government source told the\u00a0Telegraph<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cWe are past the days when EU directives were handed down on tablets of stone, and we should be prepared to liberalise where we can, testing the necessity for maintaining driving restrictions that were once thought unnecessary in this country.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrant thinks we should have a fresh look at this, but of course, this has to be done with due regard for safety.\u201d[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drivers could be allowed to drive HGV vehicles without taking HGV formal tests to help with the UK\u2019s shortage of truck drivers. According to REC, around 70,000 HGV drivers left their role since the pandemic began, 12,500 of which were EU nationals. This shortage of truck drivers slowed down logistics last year which caused a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-14618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14618"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckspares365.co.uk\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=14618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}