yeap it sure will
Ive had a HGV since 99 ( ex Army ) now 28, with 6 points and 1 speeding offence and i cant get a job no where.
Not even agency's will take me on due to so many drivers being out of work that have got many more years experience and do not have fines, offences / points on the licence.
My points were - driving a vehicle with no bumper on 3 points £60 fine, and 3 points and another £60 fine for speeding on teh A55 through wales to hollyhead ferryport. damm welsh police.
U say u want to drive HGV ? which particular HGV do u want to drive ??
pending on when u got your license (pre 94 i think ) u can drive anything upto a 7n half tone truck. After that you will need your class c1, 18 Ton rigid truck,
C1E , which is your artic truck, tractor unit and trailors upto approx 50 ft. Also double decker trailors, 13m long with tri axle, which stand at approx 4.9 meters high, the average height as most rd bridges.
C+E , either a 7.5 ton or a 18 ton rigid with another trailor attached. driving these are pretty simple but reversing is a whole other ball game. this is where is parts the men & women from the idiots of drivers
new EU law states that u must now have a 7.5 tonn license for 2 years before u can progress onto a class C ( 18 tonn + ) license.
This is due to people getting a hgv, and going straight to class one where they have no experience wot so ever and then causing major accidents..
Personally, the only job now i would do would be to do shunting in a artic @ night. the money is good, the roads are alot less busy, there are alot less idiots on the road, there arent as many people on the road who dont actually think about oher road users whilst on the road.. By this i mean complete and utter retards who are in front of you, be it muppets who all of a sudden pull in front of u, muppets who dont indicate to pull off, muppets who think that they can come on the inside of u whilst ur turning.. etc etc etc... All these muppets on the road, cause u to stop possibly bringing 40+ tonn to a stand still as fast as possible without causing any accidents or ramming into the idiot whos jsut stoped dead in front of you !! Personally so many times ive felt not to hit the brakes and ram straight up the rear of the moron in front , but being a HGV driver you have to account for these muppets and take on board that they think they are the only people on the road
and by not hitting the brakes, you will cause some major deaths, and yes its YOU that will get done not the idiot whos jsut stopped dead in front of u.
if u want to hgv then yeah go for it, but your looking at about £800 - £2k for your first license pending on how many lessons u have or require. Just dont think all because u can drive a car being it a 50 hp or a 1000 hp motor, can you drive a hgv truck!
Rules are always changing for the truckers within the uk. if u ask an old time trucker, he will tell you that there is so much stress with the job nowadays that sometimes the job isnt worth it. i.e on a artic, if u forget to hook up the saftey chain on the 5th wheel then you will automatically recieve a £1000 fine and 6 points, you may even loose your license.
another example - having a trailor or tracktor unit wheel arch missing will get u 6 points and a lovley fine. tail lights, that will also get u a fine, instable load, u might as well kiss ur license goodbye.
Dont forget, anything that you do in a truck also has a knock on effect on your normal car (B) license too.
in the end its upto u what u want to do
Oh and Good luck
