Training for hazard loads
10th October 1981, Page 5
10th October 1981
Page 5
Page 5, 10th October 1981
— Training for hazard loads
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SPECIAL training for drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous loads may be introduced in Britain — although not immediately — as a result of moves at an EEC level.
The European Commission, in answer to a written question from Horst Seefeld, chairman of the European Parliament's transport committee, says there is a need for this type of training throughout Europe.
At present, however, only France and West Germany make it obligatory for their heavy transport drivers to take a course of instruction before allowing them to handle dangerous loads,