I recently did my bendi licence for forklift (I like to keep my options open)
When I asked how much the course cost the company, they told me it was 295. I asked what the first time pass rate was, they told me 100%
Guess what? I passed… well, that’s not quite true… there was no test to pass, so I completed the course and got the license.
Got me thinking, if you were offered a hgv course any class , I will pluck a figure out of the air, say £2995 but all you have to do is stay the course (remind you of the cpc? Lol) no test, guaranteed license, would it catch on?
That’s a normal class 1/2 course plus about 5 restests!
If you haven’t passed after that you should be considering if it’s for you or not.
Plus I have experience of attendance courses! Leave you totally unprepared for the real world. I’m thinking about my HIAB training. Theoretically, there was a test - but no one fails it. Real world hit me so hard in the face I was spinning for a week.
I just wondered if people would queue up to pay twice the price for the security of a guaranteed pass, with no test.
Psychology really
It would never happen in practice, too open to abuse. But of the drivers I have asked (bearing in mind they have all already passed) about 8 in 10 said they would have jumped at it.
If the offer had have been there when I did class one the first time (straight from car) I would have jumped at it myself
Yep, I´d ■■■■■■ their hand off. Realistically? 3k is a bit rich but for a guaranteed flip flop licence? I´d do it.
Actually, I’ve changed my mind. I would do it.
Some people will be shocked to know this. But I wasn’t always as amazing a driver as I am now. At one point I was like the normal people and I failed by class 2 test twice. It’s amazing how I’ve gone from that to driving God in less than a year.
With no extra training I then passed it. The test just made me nervous. And actually the time I was waiting for retests could have been utilised actually working and earning money. I know numbers are contencious. So let’s call it £500/week (average). Those fails if I was full time would have cost me a lot of money. More than the cost of a retest.
However like Jbaz says - it will never happen.
Also Stevie my mate - don’t believe all you read on here about EE tests. Most of their class 1 tests are actually harder than ours. British drivers just like to repeat things idiots have told them. I certainly wouldn’t want to face a Polish class 1 test even now. Look on youtube for their reversing skill!
stops re-reading Sammys day out with a HIAB, controls the “sniggering like a schoolgirl”
Yep, I hear ya Sammy. I´ve seen that reversing thing too. I was mainly commenting on their seeming lackadaisical attitude towards rules and regs I suppose, not so much the actual driving, although…
Anyway, get on Facetube, I´ve sent another daft question at you
