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I am employed as a driver delivering heavy goods and bus chassis from one factory to another and this involves driving on public highways.
The unladen weight ranges from 3 to 8 tons, a finished chassis and cab except for rear-view mirrors and mudguards and final inspection and delivered on trade plates approximately two miles.
My company states that a hgv licence is not required and that a car licence is sufficient. I am myself a Class 1 driver and I am concerned that a person can be let loose on a busy highway with a 20ft eight-wheeler with 210 bhp under the bonnet and weighing 8 tons, with no experience other than being able to drive a motor car. Could you please clarify this matter please and thank you for an excellent magazine? Name and address supplied • In a chassis/cab condition, a vehicle is not, as yet, constructed to carry goods or burden. It cannot, therefore, be classed as a heavy goods vehicle as defined in Section 124 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 and the driver does not need an hgv driving licence. Editor.