This insurance malarkey is just a get out.
I have seen our company’s insurance policy and it states ‘passengers can be carried with the owners permission’
In my opinion this is exactly why the whole of the haulage industry has gone wrong no wonder drivers are not coming into the game today.
I always looked forward to the summer holidays and going with my dad in his lorry all over the country by the time i was 15 i knew my way around the length and breadth of the county.
If drivers could take their kids with them today it would breed a new generation of eager youth who in gaining geographical and practical knowledge at such a young age would more than likely be eager to become lorry drivers later in life.
If you look through the thread PAUL GEE’s PHOTO COLLECTION you will see a few kids out and about with their dads back in the day, hope this lad below got a sleeper cab when he grew up… 
