Submitted on Wednesday 15th September 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 21st September 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give everybody back their grandfather rights to drive 7.5 ton lorries
Since the 1st of January 1997 new drivers have been restricted to driving 3500 kg MAM vehicles due to the UK driving licence being aligned with the EU model. Since we have left the EU anyone with a current licence should have it upgraded.
Since we have left the EU we should be given back our grandfather rights and UK driving licence. As the trailer test has been scrapped so should now the the rest of the EU model. This would allow people with a driving licence to drive medium lorries and help combat the current driver shortage as well as combat the safety issues of people using 3500kg vehicles overweight because of the current inadequate licence.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/596949
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