Submitted on Saturday 11th September 2021
Rejected on Friday 17th September 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
REINSTATE GRANDFATHER LICENCE FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE 7.5T LORRYS WITH NO TEST
The country is struggling for HGV drivers, surely the common sense thing to do is reinstate the grandfather licence to allow car drivers to drive a class 2 lorry with no test. This will open up more availability of drivers to fill the void even if you cap it of five years of driving experience.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want it to be easier for people to drive HGVs, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. "Grandfather rights" to drive HGVs are for people who secured their driving licence before 2009, because that it when the requirement to attain a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) was brought in. These rights still exist, so we're not sure what you mean by asking for these to be reinstated.
If what you want is for the Government to give anyone with a driving licence the right to drive 7.5 tonne HGVs, we could accept a petition requesting this.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Grant PSV holders automatic Class 2 entitlement for free: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/590718
Provide grants to pay for the training of more HGV Drivers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/593511
Give Class 2 drivers a Class 1 licence without needing to take the test: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/596865
Reduce training/testing requirements and introduce grants for HGV C1E licences: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/593120
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