Harry Monk:
It was quite normal though back in the day, especially where I lived, east Kent, for drivers to start doing continental work almost as soon as they had passed their HGV1 (and this was when you didn’t have to take a HGV2 first). I know someone who passed their test in the morning and was on their way to Italy in an artic the same afternoon.
I too know someone who was driving artics into Europe, before they were old enough to hold an HGV licence, without bad consequences. Don’t think that idea should be copied though!
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