The House of Commons transport select committee supported Ms Tisdale’s findings in 2016, saying: “We believe that the driver shortage is a shortage of people willing to work in the sector rather than a shortage of people with the right qualifications and licences…”
Ms Tisdale said: “There are various routes out of this problem. They include looking after drivers; give them self-respect by paying them an attractive rate for sensible hours. We need to be embarrassed at wasting driver time, [and] providing decent facilities at distribution centres, and out on the road.
It isn’t rocket science is it? Funny how the companies that do do that such as where I’m at it’s dead mans shoes trying to get a job there and they’ve queues of people wanting to work there.