Ageing drivers and driver shortage

grumpyken52:
This September might give an indication towards any driver shortage becoming a reality. It’s when the CPC starts it’s renewal period , many of my age group (60s) were undecided about renewal .

Being able to offset training and licencing costs against tax might encourage more to join up or stay in the game .
The EU future plans of having everything related to driving on 5 years renewals will not help .
Plans to bring everything commercial over 2T under driving regs and vocational licences would certainly have a big effect .

It would serve the ■■■■ s right if as you say many drivers did decide to call it a day after that date, resulting in a GENUINE driver shortage…and who could blame them.
Ott legislation, attitudes towards us, any excuse fines for this that and the other, and all the rest of it, have turned the job to crap by the powers that be.
So if the result of all that is that nobody has any desire to renew their dcpc, then maybe a strong message will be sent out.

Only the brainwashed, the deluded, the gullible (and those that are making a carreer and a fortune out of all that crap) are all for the dcpc, they think it’s the answer to all the problems in the job. :unamused:
The rest of us can see it for what it really is…complete and utter meaningless bull ■■■■ with no real substance. :bulb: