Hello,
I was just wondering if you take all lorries in UK. What will be percentage of lorries owner VS. employee drivers? Average!!!
My estimate would be that around 1-2% of drivers are owner-drivers, at most.
We a dying breed 
poxy legislation has made it a pain in the arse to set up on your own nowadays.
we should have a system of presumed good repute with the right to an o’licence for a nominal admin fee, then if you run bent you lose it.
syva:
Hello,I was just wondering if you take all lorries in UK. What will be percentage of lorries owner VS. employee drivers? Average!!!
Constrution industry 80%? mixers&tippers with all the major players are O/D’s but are captive,tied by vehicle finance deals & contracted exclusively to the major co’s,they seem to have less rights than employed drivers,as an ex-O/D now retired said to me “at least Roman galley slaves did’nt have buy their own ships”. As for general haulage I’d agree with 1or2%!