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• Hauliers face paying an extra 22.1 million a year to pay for proposed changes to the HGV driver licensing system. HGV licences will start at 3.5 tonnes and drivers who want artic licences, will first have to pass a rigid test, and drive rigids for six months.
According to a proposal from the European Commission this week, staged HGV driving tests should be introduced as soon as possible across Europe. In the UK this "could increase demand for HGV tests by as much as 50,000 tests per annum, requiring 100 more examiners," says the Commission. The proposal, Consultatia on implications for driver test ing, says: 'The total burden (the haulage) industry in test fees paid (at £42 per test) could rise by £2.1 million, an training costs would also increase."
The Commission wants th, HGV driving licence system be tied more closely into the car licence. According to thiE week's report: "This means that a full car licence (catego B) would be a pre-requisite f HGV (category C) and PSV (category D) applicants. It would remove the existing dual-test option where a provisional licence holder can, b: