EU votes to examine lowering driver training age and address sustainability challenges
Hopes of addressing Europe’s driver-shortage crisis increased after the European Parliament today voted for negotiations ...
By Mike Weir
About 15 years ago, your correspondent – bored with sitting at a screen in the back offices of a certain British state broadcaster, and also sick of delivering pizza in the evenings to make ends meet – decided to become an HGV driver.
At the time, tanker drivers were striking, causing nationwide fuel shortages, because they only got paid £40k a year.
Moreover, the news then was full of stories about how the haulage industry was about to grind to a halt ...
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