Contraflow:
It’s not just kitchen roll though… it’s kitchen roll on the bunk. #tnukcsi
Ok, you got me bang to rights guvnor, I use it to mop up the juices from my meat… 
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam, please read, 1. we allow links to personal non commercial, non campaigning websites/blogs and always have done, 2. We have given Luke permission to promote his video’s on here at it helps us as well as him.
3. they are bloody good and a welcome addition to the content on here…
Why thank you Mr Rikki. Some people clearly don’t like the sight of my beautiful face
Conor:
I paid £60. … the guy who ran the bad weather driving course drove snow ploughs for the council…
Nah… if you’d told us the guy running the course had featured in three episodes of ‘Ice Road Truckers’ we’s have been impressed, but someone who works for the local council just don’t cut it… better luck next time eh…
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam,
People actually do stuff like that? Sweet Jesus, haven’t they got curtains to twitch?
the maoster:
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam,People actually do stuff like that? Sweet Jesus, haven’t they got curtains to twitch?
I was wondering… 
the maoster:
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam,People actually do stuff like that? Sweet Jesus, haven’t they got curtains to twitch?
Very sad people doing crap like that
switchlogic:
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam, please read, 1. we allow links to personal non commercial, non campaigning websites/blogs and always have done, 2. We have given Luke permission to promote his video’s on here at it helps us as well as him.
3. they are bloody good and a welcome addition to the content on here…Why thank you Mr Rikki. Some people clearly don’t like the sight of my beautiful face
but at least Bertie is interesting.
Oh bugger, just realised I’ve got a kitchen roll on the bunk. Suppose I’d better log off this site and onto another one for a minute or two 
seth 70:
the maoster:
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam,People actually do stuff like that? Sweet Jesus, haven’t they got curtains to twitch?
Very sad people doing crap like that
I agree. I watched about 30 seconds of the video and I was so embarrassed for the bloke that I closed the window, but I wouldn’t dream of reporting it.
Ooooo bitchy 
Hows that premod going for ya me old mucker?
Interesting video Luke. Can i ask you one question ?
Have you had any training provided to you by your current employer, and how long have you worked for them ?
(ok, that was two !!)
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam, please read, 1. we allow links to personal non commercial, non campaigning websites/blogs and always have done, 2. We have given Luke permission to promote his video’s on here at it helps us as well as him.
3. they are bloody good and a welcome addition to the content on here…
Please Rikki for the sanity of people who don’t love only their selves so much don’t encourage him …
Mike-C:
Interesting video Luke. Can i ask you one question ?Have you had any training provided to you by your current employer, and how long have you worked for them ?
(ok, that was two !!)
Yes. They always pay for my ADR and the refresher was due this year so with a first aid course that was three days DCPC I didn’t have to pay for. I paid for the additional two days. They don’t pay for DCPC courses, which seems fairly normal in Ireland alas. I’ve been with them 7 years now.
raymundo:
Rikki-UK:
To the people who have “reported” this post as spam, please read, 1. we allow links to personal non commercial, non campaigning websites/blogs and always have done, 2. We have given Luke permission to promote his video’s on here at it helps us as well as him.
3. they are bloody good and a welcome addition to the content on here…Please Rikki for the sanity of people who don’t love only their selves so much don’t encourage him …
Haven’t you got a maritime disaster to be ignoring?
Tim85:
This initial training FIMO (147 hours?) and 5 year periodic FCOS (35 hrs (now) it was 21hrs ie 3 days) has been in place here since the late 1990’s 97?. It was the biggest hurdle I arrived to living here, I couldn’t get a job with a french firm because I didn’t the ‘FIMO’ formation initial minimum obligatoire. Passed my test too late to do the short periodic course.I can’t put my hand on my heart here, but all of the drivers I know here, do this training with LGV driving schools, the lecturers were all ex-drivers, all done in one week! none of this module crap. Even better your firm has to pay for it
I have said often on here (as others have), drivers in the UK should really be careful what they wish for. I have done the FIMO, fortunately paid for by the region, and to complain in the UK about doing the initial CPC, well they really don’t know they were born
Yes all my instructors in my 4 week long, 2000€ FIMO were either ex drivers ex flics or ex mechanics, depending on which bit of the training we were doing.
Then to compain about doing one day a year, when as you have pointed out the FCO has to be done in one week in the final year of validity, well again they really should think about where that would lead to.
The UK government made it as easy as possible for UK drivers to get this european driven card, whilst remaining within the spirit of the law, whereas if Uk drivers took the time to fully read and understand the directive, they would see that they are getting a really good deal.
This is a good document to start with.
switchlogic:
Mike-C:
Interesting video Luke. Can i ask you one question ?Have you had any training provided to you by your current employer, and how long have you worked for them ?
(ok, that was two !!)
Yes. They always pay for my ADR and the refresher was due this year so with a first aid course that was three days DCPC I didn’t have to pay for. I paid for the additional two days. They don’t pay for DCPC courses, .
My employer paid for My dcpc coarse and for My time to attend, but ofcoarse, if I see another job I like the look off, I now have to factor in the thick end off £500 to riembirse them. So it might be a bit off a double edged sword.
I’m thinking off doing an ADR next time out my own pocket.
Héraultais:
Tim85:
This initial training FIMO (147 hours?) and 5 year periodic FCOS (35 hrs (now) it was 21hrs ie 3 days) has been in place here since the late 1990’s 97?. It was the biggest hurdle I arrived to living here, I couldn’t get a job with a french firm because I didn’t the ‘FIMO’ formation initial minimum obligatoire. Passed my test too late to do the short periodic course.I can’t put my hand on my heart here, but all of the drivers I know here, do this training with LGV driving schools, the lecturers were all ex-drivers, all done in one week! none of this module crap. Even better your firm has to pay for it
I have said often on here (as others have), drivers in the UK should really be careful what they wish for. I have done the FIMO, fortunately paid for by the region, and to complain in the UK about doing the initial CPC, well they really don’t know they were born
Yes all my instructors in my 4 week long, 2000€ FIMO were either ex drivers ex flics or ex mechanics, depending on which bit of the training we were doing.
Then to compain about doing one day a year, when as you have pointed out the FCO has to be done in one week in the final year of validity, well again they really should think about where that would lead to.
The UK government made it as easy as possible for UK drivers to get this european driven card, whilst remaining within the spirit of the law, whereas if Uk drivers took the time to fully read and understand the directive, they would see that they are getting a really good deal.
This is a good document to start with.
That’s all good and well but it’s two extremes. I doubt the government made our CPC easy out of the goodness of their heart! I’m not asking for much wanting value for money training where I feel I’ve learnt something, instead of throwing money into a black hole of boredom. Besides considering the standard of drivers in the UK we could probably do with moving towards the French version. But that won’t happen while our kindly government has our best interests at heart
for me your all a bunch of cowards for going on and getting this stupid cpc in the first place
if only all the drivers would of refused to do it but no, none of you can think further than your nose on this issue
well at least i have hung up my keys now as my 26 years experience of all classes all gear boxes all combinations comes to an end, not one road accident in all my years, just a couple of broken lenses or the odd mirror cracked from reserving accidents over the time is all, so not a bad record and now i can not drive and instead the dummies who can only drive autos and get around the country only with a sat nav take over along with the foreigners
how this job has ended up like it is today i will never know, except of course its the drivers own fault for never having any back bone
if every driver stuck together and refused to work for just 1 week it would change the working conditions for everyone in the transport game. so dont waste your time moaning about the cpc just be good little wagon drivers, and moan under your breath if you must but you could all of changed things every one of you but you choose not to
good luck to you and god knows what you will have to do in futher years just to keep playing the big trucker with a nice auto box etc
switchlogic:
I’m not asking for much wanting value for money training where I feel I’ve learnt something, instead of throwing money into a black hole of boredom.
But the point is, you chose the two days that you thought were a black hole of boredom, compared with the three days of ADR and First Aid that you thought were interesting. In future you will not make the same mistake.
Héraultais:
‘…two days … were a black hole of boredom, compared with the three days of ADR and First Aid … thought … interesting. In future you will not make the same mistake…’
Q What do UK lorry drivers need to know - in the opinion of a credible Training Needs Analysis?
A No-one really knows - because an objective one was not carried out 
It is no wonder that we’re sledging it out on here…