Quite apart from bringing new blood into he industry, it’s very educational.
Took my 15 year old granddaughter with me for a three day trip; she’s seen working environments at first hand, got a grasp of distances, been to places she wouldn’t have been before, and best of all is far more aware of the blind spots in a lorry than she ever was; experience which she has shared with her friends who cycle. The latter is something which I think all schools should, with the co-operation of local hauliers, encourage as part of a kid’s education.
First day she wanted to be a lorry driver; however when we went down to Felixstowe to reload, the truck took second place to a bloody great big container lifting FLT. So fickle, these kids!