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Manicminer:
All Machine Operators have to have a re-test every few years.
It makes sense to move it onto HGV's and eventually everything mobile.
With the machinery you don't retrain to have a re-test :wink:

dreadnought110:
:? how do we go about all the foreign drivers where did they past there test? and will they be bound by the same legislation? a firm near me hires mostly foreign it's very hard to understand chechnian (or however you spell it) makes my job hard... :shock:

abinitio:
It's not a retest it's 35 hours of assesment over a rolling five year period according to an assesor freind of mine who was informed by VOSA.(yes it's EU legisation)

Whilst on the subject of alterations I have the following gripes;

Coaches should be limited to 56 as trucks are;
Vans should be limited to 70;

If lgv drivers are due assesments then so should everyone whom uses a vehicle as part of their job but this won't happen as they will only concerntrate on vocational liscenses(SP).

Range Rover Blues:
I agree that HGV drivers should be retested, and for most of the reasons already given.  Anyone who makes a living driving should be one of the best drivers on the road, an example to others.  Most, unfortunately are not.

This is the thin end of the wedge, beleive me.  Once they introduce compulsory retesting for all (and I believe it will come) then I'll be a rich man :wink:

If I had my way, it would be...
Pass test
retest in 5 years, or following and accident/conviction
retest every 7-10 years thereafter.

Following a test pass you would be a probationary driver, possibly limited to what you can drive.  Anyone failing a retest becomes a 'P' driver too, untill they can pass the test.

Let's be honest, most 'L' drivers fail the test because of other drivers anyway, in situations they aren't familiar with and so they react badly.

Once you have been on the road 5 years a retest should only be a formality, shouldn't it?

And at the same time they could check your eyesight and issue you with a new photocard licence on the spot, just like the Yanks do!

Oh, and one other thing, think how the insurance companies will take it.

You want to insure a what, a huge people carrier/chelsea tractor? ok what car did you take your last test in? a Corsa?

That'll be £LOADS then please.

IN other words people will have to prove they can handle a big car before they will get insured on it.  Excellent don't you think.

andycwb:

--- Quote from: "abinitio" --- Coaches should be limited to 56 as trucks are;
Vans should be limited to 70;

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Speed limiters dull drivers into being almost asleep at the wheel, as well as slowing overtaking down to a snail's pace.    They're so stupidly dangerous, I find it hard to believe they were introduced without an ulterior motive.

Oh wait, there is an ulterior motive: paving the way for doing the same thing to private vehicles.

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