This morning was an interesting drive into work. Strong winds but yet on the M62 going over open high bridges I saw at least 2 waggons whose drivers are not taking notice of the roads and are reaching over to their left hand side to get their cup of coffee.

One of these was from a company who I know (as cod'ead mentions) employs people to ensure their drivers are well trained in the skills of driving such big expensive machines. The other had a nice big trailor on it with shiny new BMWs and because of his desire for his coffee at 7am the truck seemed to be veering nicely between inside and middle lane at around 50mph.

I appreciate not all drivers are like this, but it certainly highlights how waggon drivers get a bad name at times.

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thought i'd ask first hand with someone who had done it

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9 different catagories if you want them all.
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Don't even have a class 1 yet but it's on the cards, i was also thinking of topping up with ADR, HIAB, ELV and Moffett Mounty.

All being budgeted for at the moment, i spend my money on gaining more and more work related qualifications, trying to improve my points for my NZ move.

Britain has one of the best records in the world for road casualties.