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bezzabsa:
has anyone sen the proposal for us hgv drivers to not only have a medical every 5 years - but also to be retested at the same time as well???
think this sucks big time , as who is supposed to pay for the training??

Edge:
Bezza, they shouldn't victimise truckers.... they should make All of us take a retest every 5 years. After all.... the majority of truckers have been driving a long time and are obviously safer drivers than us who dont drive for a living.

Retest every 5 yrs for car drivers would mean, lots of fails=empty roads= pure bliss :wink: .

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: "TRUG" ---Bezza, they shouldn't victimise truckers.... they should make All of us take a retest every 5 years. After all.... the majority of truckers have been driving a long time and are obviously safer drivers than us who dont drive for a living.

Retest every 5 yrs for car drivers would mean, lots of fails=empty roads= pure bliss :wink: .
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Quite right. I've maintained this for years. Drivers blame the road, other drivers, the sun, the weather..... anything but themselves for poor driving. Training is the *only* thing that will make our roads a safer place. But it applies to all road users, not any one group.

discograham:
It would help if everyone was subjected to a re test every five years... but is this really nescessary ? How about everyone involved in an incident in stead ? And here is a question... I have been told that if you come into this country you may drive for a year on the license issued by your country of origin.. but if you leave the U.K even for one day during that year then upon your return your year starts again... in other words a quick day trip to france and you've got another year before you have to take a U.K test...
What standard is the driving test in Somalia, Nigeria, The Sudan, etc.. or India, Pakistan, Iran, .. or Poland etc.... surely that is an issue to be addressed first as at least those with a U.K license passed a test set to our standards...
And I don't want to hear shouts of racism over my comments.. I think its a fair point I've made...

Rangie3.0LtrDan:
I agree with the retest for truckers every 5 years.  I also think everyone should have a retest when they reach 50 as well.

Firstly the truckers thing, they are in charge of a very heavy machine that could, if used incorrectly, cause a much more massive loss of life than that of a car.  I dont however agree they should have to pay for it, it should be covered by the government.  Yes truckers have been driving for years, but just use this scenario, a trucker has been driving for 20 years, how many laws have changed in that 20 years affecting him on the road?

With regards to the retest at 50 i put this down to this being an average point of growing old (i.e. some people not having the reflexes and stuff they used to) and then a retest every 5 years with a failure meaning they cant retest.  Its nothing against old people, its just a recognition of the frailties and stuff that they have with age.  Again i do not believe they should be charged for the retests either.

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