On Friday I’ve the pleasure of my oldest son in the passenger seat as part of his yr 9 work they want the kids to spend the day in the workplace with a parent shadowing them to see what goes on (could be interesting 
) It’s not work experience and we can’t get them doing stuff but I think this is a great idea. Luckily I’ve been given the OK to take him along.
Is this something anyone else is doing or just his school?
i asked too, but got laughed at ,
holliefabbabe:
i asked too, but got laughed at ,
Why did you get laughed at?
At my place they are fine with you taking people out, iv not taken anyone out with me yet as i only passed C1 not so long ago so want to make sure my confidence is bang on before i take anyone out. But they even give you the jobs where the customers dont mind passengers etc.
I cant wait until my little girl is old enough to come out in the truck with me… im just not sure what age is appropriate!
drummerkev:
holliefabbabe:
i asked too, but got laughed at ,Why did you get laughed at?
At my place they are fine with you taking people out, iv not taken anyone out with me yet as i only passed C1 not so long ago so want to make sure my confidence is bang on before i take anyone out. But they even give you the jobs where the customers dont mind passengers etc.
I cant wait until my little girl is old enough to come out in the truck with me… im just not sure what age is appropriate!
who you on for ?
holliefabbabe:
i asked too, but got laughed at ,
Same would happen @ our place…
Why would you want your offspring to follow you into your footsteps?
If its a look at life, ie work hard at school or else your driving these for a living I understand.
Why for the love of god would you want your son/daughter to become a truck driver?
Iam all for bring a kid to work, but FFS don’t encourage them to become truckers.
Edit before I get flamed. To the op, yes your job for a 9 year old would be mega interesting, and it’s good some company’s recognise bringing a kid to work.
I had one firm that encouraged it, then when they were taken over they weren’t sure about insurance, but he soon changed his mind when i pointed out he’d get a second man for free on an abnormal load.
It’s not for them to follow your footsteps it’s to get an understanding of the workplace so he’s stuck with seeing what I do, if I still worked as a buyer in a timber yard he’d have come there it’s just whatever there is. Year 9 is the school year, my lad is 14
I’ve seen what looks like a bit of this at one type of pallet depot (dunno if I should say which one), but the others are strictly against even having kids in your cab when you turn up.
When I asked about how the system worked, it was divorced drivers or drivers with wives in hospital who have no choice but to bring their kid to work - or be given special leave.
My thinking is that it’s amazing how many hoops the firm will jump through to save money - when it suits them!
I guess when you’re salaried, the LAST thing a firm wants to do is give you extra time off on full pay. 
drummerkev:
holliefabbabe:
i asked too, but got laughed at ,I cant wait until my little girl is old enough to come out in the truck with me… im just not sure what age is appropriate!
in my opinion the appropriate age is when you feel you can cater for their needs and keep them safe in your truck, my eldest first came out with me for the day when she was two, things were going well until she needed to tell me she wanted the toilet whilst i was out of the cab and she stood on the drivers chairs leaning on the door, because i’d walked up the drivers side and not seen her when i opened the door out came my child!!! 
i managed to break her fall and no real harm was done apart from a big shock for us both but she learned not to do that again and i learned to check the window before opening the door!! she’s five now and came with me to peterhead on a night out on sunday/monday. they both love coming out with me and i love having them, its such a shame health and safety stops you taking them to most places now. beth told me she doesnt want to drive a lorry when she grows up because she doesnt like me being away from home - bless her!
but i do think the idea of showing kids a bit of real life should be part of their up bringing. 
I feel sure that for the last 10 years or more kids have not been allowed in trucks entering quarries or construction jobs etc, may be different for general haulage though?
And yes the posting facility is acting daft at present! 
Pete.
stobarts newark -on tesco job, if it was a spotter it wouldnt be a issue
It’s a real shame,we can’t take kids to work as I bet most kids would love going out in a truck for a day.
Best days of my life were growing up on a farm, my uncle used to put a roller or a chain harrow on the back of a grey Fergie and that was me for the day loved it.
Every Wednesday in the holidays we used to load 84 pigs onto a Bedford TK plus a couple of sheepdogs who loved a day out,and take a drive over to South Sheilds to the Slaughter House. Within minutes of the pigs coming down the ramps my uncle would come out of a side door with a carcass on his shoulder in a white stocking of a pig minus it’s feet, head etc sling it on the back bunk ready to butcher when we got home…
You can learn so much as kid venturing out in the big wide world.
I remember going as a little’un, covering up on the bunk at places you werent allowed to be in, some funny moments in the places that didnt mind though.
makes you wonder if kids today will get the same urge to drive as many of us did because of it. im sure they will, it definitely does something to you.
your boy will love it mate, good on ya, great chance to bond.
One pallet yard I go in is strictly no children ,on a lighter note I would’nt want my Daughter to meet my gaffer ,as that would surely be child cruelty ,its bad enough I have to see him every day 
Hiya …i used to go with who ever would take me in the truck. it,s not that you want your kids
to become truck drivers. i did but things was better, well i think so.
i was with my uncle on day…look he said their’s jodral bank the telescope (it had just been built)
we later went passed the shell refinery (huge flame comeing from the chimney)WOW.
we carried on to the docks at birkenhead, (going along a two lane road) never seen one of those
before, then seeing all the ships. we got loaded(with a fork lift truck) we made our way back towards
home, on the way we passed some new road works which we drove across on a tempory road
(M6 motorway) we saw jodral bank again and went to some farms, what a day out. i was about
7 years old i’d think. i’d seen so much(and can still remember them) when i went back to school
i was telling everyone about what i’d seen on my trip in the school holidays. the kids thought i was mad
or makeing up stories. you see their was not many televisions to watch no one had cars, so to see so much
was special.the problem is kids don’t look where they go today in a car, they play with gadgets and
just don’t find many things intresting.because the’ve see everything on the television .
John
Last time I went with my dad in the lorry was when I wrote that article bit in the T&D mag. Have always loved going with dad in the lorry as it’s something that always fascinated/interested me. My older brother on the other hand even though he went with dad in the lorry quite a few times and got the chance to drive my dads lorry at the time it soon put him off! I could’ve only wished i’d of been able to go with my dad as a take your kid to work day as any chance to be in the lorry was a good one.
Sadly not been in the lorry since then, and well the next time I’ll be in a lorry is when I’m learning to drive them. Shame really. I’d of given anything to go with dad or granddad again in the lorry for one last time.
Cheers
Jonny 
my son choose to use his fortnights works experience at the busy skip/waste firm where i used to work,luckly the firm said it it was ok and sorted the relavent insurance,most of his time was travelling with all the drivers,great as all he wants to do when he leaves school is drive lorries,most of his mates ask why he wants to do this 
i have tried to put him off but the trouble is hes got diesel in his veins just like myself when i was a kid,going with my dad sometimes,he was a heavy plant operator on cats,euclids,terex,ect,i bet theres not many kids can do this anymore,but this was the early 70s,but as life goes on the bulk of truckers are like me middle aged 
and only a limited time left, so the youngsters of today should be encouraged to choose driving as a vocation if thats what they want to do,the industry will need young blood in the future
A lot of company’s use ,“Insurance purposes” line I guess if you we’re god forbid involved in an accident and something happend to your passenger they would not be covered. I’ve passed Trade Plate lads many a time with them holding up a piece of cardboard going my way and wanted to pick them up but thought better of it. Plus if I did pick one up one day and some of our other drivers passed us going the other way I could honestly say I wouldn’t know if they would grass me up.
windrush:
I feel sure that for the last 10 years or more kids have not been allowed in trucks entering quarries or construction jobs etc, may be different for general haulage though?And yes the posting facility is acting daft at present!
Pete.
I work in plant hire and could be anywhere from an archeology site to DP World’s new port, it’ll be interesting to see how we get on.
As for insurance, all passengers carried are automatically covered. It’s company policy that dictates if they are allowed, companies claiming passengers are not insured are either fobbing you off or don’t know what they are talking about.