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HGV training is taking a Lesson from days gone by
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ITS AMUSING to read the latest saga on using laden training vehicles for HGV instruction and testing ('DSA bows to pressure over laden HGV tests', CM 18 June).
Back in May 1915, there was a pressing need for training lorry drivers before they were sent to France. The Army Service Corps (ASC) established a driver training school at Osterley Park, which was run by the staff of the London General Omnibus Company from its terminus at Hounslow.
Initial training was conducted on empty threetanners, but in only a matter of weeks this was changed to using lorries loaded to their full weight because it had been spotted that new drivers who trained on empty trucks were (according to the ASC records) "completely incompetent when given a loaded lorry': How many years has it taken for the training/ haulage industry to come to the same conclusion?
And the argument it will raise the cost of training is irrelevant. The industry should not be training drivers to lower standards purely because it is cheaper.
You can't put a price on safety.
Roy Larkin Via email