Driver shortage? What driver shortage?

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  1. pompey_red

    pompey_red Well-Known Member

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    Says it all.
     
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    Look, all we have to do is make all the lorries twice the size and then widen all the roads. It's such an obvious solution, I can't believe Johnson hasn't thought of it.
     
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    https://www.denbytransport.co.uk/about_us/eco_trailer
    Many a true word in jest…..
     
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    Rude!
     
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  5. Ton

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    Only kidding RH
     
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  6. Farnham_Red

    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Suprised I got away with the reversing comment better not tell her about that one eh
     
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    They would need to add a make up mirror to the cab though
     
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  8. Dragon Tyke

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    so it's nowt to with covid, and hgv drivers having to self isolate ?
     
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    You're right and they would be right to do it, I hadn't even considered that.
     
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    Apparently there is a shortage all over Europe, folk blaming it not being a desired occupation of younger folks any more.
     
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    you need your class C1 for an ambulance, my other half got the letter the other day.
     
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    Cheap immigration pushing wages down making it less attractive to newcomers plus longer hours probably perpetuated by said cheap immigration who lets be honest have been abused over the last 20 years . Disgusting . The whole sector needs cleaning up and regulating correctly though we can say that for a great many sectors within the UK economy .
     
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  13. Red

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    Funnily enough, my other half is a paramedic too, in the current climate I think she'd probably take them up on an offer to drive HGVs!
     
    RedVesp, Oct 4, 2021
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  14. Ton

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    I wonder how many haulage contractors would be happy let some untried person with no experience who has just passed Johnson’s easy version of the test, loose on the road with his £200000 rig plus whatever the load is worth .
    They’ll be queuing up!!
     
    Tonjytyke, Oct 4, 2021
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    It's nowt to do with brexit is what the script says. Come on man!
     
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    It's all OK, nowt to to with Brexit obviously.

    We are taking control.

    Great,
     
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    Anybody played Euro Truck Simulator on the PC? That should be enough experience.
     
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    What worries me is this, I was walking up Sheffield road Saturday morning & saw a lorry driver on his mobile whilst driving an 18 wheeler, would he have got the sack if had been caught???
     
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    That would depend on how much the insurance would cost.... Apparently insurance for new drivers (<2-3 years experience) is very expensive anyway...
     
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  20. Farnham_Red

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    The recruitment drive going as well as expected - still its early days and not as if we have an immediate crisis to resolve
     
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