So when it finally kicks in will wages rise ?
I cant see many 7.5tn drivers bothering to pursue there cpc in order to drive a 7.5tn vehicle and therefore there will be a shortage in this market that will push the wages up. Which in turn will push the class 2 and 1 rates up
Or will many companies just scrap the 7.5tn vehicles and go class 2
I doubt it’ll make alot off difference. It will be cheaper for someone who can only drive a 7.5 tonne to get there cpc and keep the same job as It will to take there class 2.
NO
A possible driver shortage may increase wages, but I wouldn’t hold your breath as our European colleagues will no doubt fill any gaps in the market. 
Work Shy:
NOA possible driver shortage may increase wages, but I wouldn’t hold your breath as our European colleagues will no doubt fill any gaps in the market.
Which i think will come to a very abrupt end at the next election
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Agency Drivers will always keep wages down.
Think about it.
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We will have to wait & see - but it may be a useful indication as to what happens to the PCV industry during the next 12 months. Their deadline for holding a DQC kicks in on Monday, so that will be interesting regarding enforcement action, driver shortages (if any), job availability, wages. It may give us an idea, certainly relating to the smaller coach/mini-bus companies who are not doing the training in-house. Most of the big service bus groups are sorted but they may suffer a driver shortage especially if or when the new legislation comes in removing the automatic gearbox restriction code 78 on their drivers’ licences coupled with DCPC…interesting times ahead!!!
In short I think you will find a big NO!!
Wages in increase on supply and demand based on a booming economy we could all be flat out working and hence when the company makes lots of money a small percentage makes its way to the work force.
At present we are a long way off that unless you work in the specialised sectors in which case you will always be required.
NO
NO!
thetastytrucker:
So when it finally kicks in will wages rise ?I cant see many 7.5tn drivers bothering to pursue there cpc in order to drive a 7.5tn vehicle and therefore there will be a shortage in this market that will push the wages up. Which in turn will push the class 2 and 1 rates up
Or will many companies just scrap the 7.5tn vehicles and go class 2
More likely to offer 7.5 ton jobs to Class 2 drivers.
I think it will make some difference as wages are related to driver supply/demand.
Many current 7.5 drivers will do a CPC to keep their jobs, but some will not.
Some HGV drivers will not do it for various reasons.
Where the main difference will be is; there will be a lot less people who have a 7.5 licence (Pre-1997 test) deciding to move into truck driving when they have to do a CPC first.
Simply put, a few drivers will drop out and recruiting new 7.5 will be harder. Pay rises will start at the bottom and work their way through.
Or do I believe that because I want to? 
Hope it might make a difference thou!
Had one my old coach operators phone me today asking if i had passed my cpc yet, asked why what’s up.
Turns out he hasn’t started it yet, and needs a tour driver next week
and this guy has an operators ticket. Yet can’t drive a coach next week!
The word muppet comes to mind!
Turned him down. Rather do multi drop then haul punters round the UK.
Very NO
Most definitely no
Many companies have been looking at 7.5tonners for a while.
Some have dropped down to white vans (3.5 t) while others have upgraded to 18 tonners.
In 2010, DHL paid for some of their 7.5 t drivers to take their Cat C licence, so they can upgrade their fleet to larger vehicles.
There is about as much likelihood of the CPC causing a wage increase as there was when the HGV licence was introduced. Or when ADR was introduced (couple of pence in some cases, maybe) or when the Working Time Directive was introduced, or when the tachograph was introduced.
Rather than give drivers a pay rise it would probably be cheaper to teach Goods Inward staff to speak a smattering of Lithuanian & Romanian. And possibly Greek, the way things are going