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Who would be a driver nowadays?

10th May 2007, Page 26
10th May 2007
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

LIKE SO many of us who earn a crust driving I'm getting fed up with the industry. I'm not an operator,I'm just a driver-which is all l ever wanted to be since I was at school and used to look at my dad's copy of CM, I grew up on his stories of hard graft.cold runs in unheated cabs and most of all the mates he'd made on the road.

I've had my share of hard graft hut have to admit the wagons have got better and better. I've made plenty of mates in the game too. but the guys like me nearing retirement all seem to feel the same way. It's becoming tougher to earn a living and stay out of trouble.

Every week CM has stories about new laws that seem written to make our jobs harder. Now we have two sets of hours rules to follow so we need experts to explain them to us.Traffic is growing worse year by year. and the old truckstops where we were treated like a human being are just a memory we have to stop at MSAs which want to take our money but don't give a stuff about us.

Vosa people have the power to stop us wherever they want. Drivers who don't even speak English are holding down our pay because they'll work for whatever the bosses want to give them.

I'm glad my sons don't want to drive lorries. When! was young 1 did think how good it would be to teach them the ropes but now I'm glad they've both got clean jobs in offices where they get treated like people.

I'm not surprised there's a driver shortage. Anyone wanting to drive lorries now wants their head examined.

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