18 year old lgv drivers

Peter Smythe:
(The issue of experience is another matter altogether and not the subject of this post!).

I’d of thought the issue of experience is what it’s all about! Get a car licence at 17, and a hgv at 18, what experience have you gained in that time? A lot of 18 year old’s are still cutting up the lgv’s at roundabouts, and have no thought that the driver needs extra room for manouvering, extra distance for stopping, restricted to 56 mph…and without thought for the load either.