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EC demands training VOCATIONAL TRAINING for truck drivers needs to
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climb higher up the political agenda of European Union countries, according to Herald Ruyters from the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport's road safety and technology unit.
Speaking at last week's Scania Road Safety Conference (see page 20) Ruyters revealed that France was the only member country currently demanding obligatory periodic training. A recent survey in the UK showed that 30% of all HGV drivers had received no onthe-job training.
Ruyters said a proposal to be adopted by the Commission would introduce "progressive access to [licence] categories and D" while revisions to licer category definitions would ma them "closer to the market".
The EC is pushing throu its new driver training direct: (2003/59/EC) which will requ 35 hours' vocational traini every five years. But it is five ye before it affects drivers. Hower Ruyters warned: "All new tru drivers will have to be trained from September 2009."