Sidevalve:
A point worth pondering here; lots of smaller high street shops and businesses depended on 7.5 tonne vehicles for their deliveries. Now that these are classed as HGV and new drivers need a seperate test, this by definition, adds to the costs; because you either need to employ or train a qualified driver together with DCPC and all the associated paraphenalia, or downsize to sub-3.5 tonne vans. Once old Fred with his pre-1997 grandfather rights retires or moves on, the problem gets worse.Law of unintended consequences?
have found on two occasions to my cost that it is going more do away with two 7.5t put it all on a12t or 23t rigid !
my current employer had 29 7.5t routes when i joined in may influx of new vehicles over the summer all nine of which are 12t