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[Nickbat]

In 1998, Kevin Doherty of Yeovil started his own business, Auto-Movements, taking cars all over the country on a trailer for dealers and leasing companies. All went well – he turns over more than £100,000 a year – until he recently met a friend’s son working for the Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA). He told Mr Doherty that new EU rules coming into force on December 4 might apply to him because the combined weight of his van and trailer exceeds 3.5 tons. Under EU Council Regulation 1071/2009, thousands of small businesses like his are being put on the same regulatory footing as large transport firms operating trucks all over Europe. He will have to pay £1,000 and take two weeks off work to obtain an International Certificate of Professional Competence (even though he never works outside the UK), or hire a fully qualified transport manager. He will have to keep £8,000 permanently in the bank as security, and acquire “premises” to store his vehicles when not in use.

While, unsurprisingly, this is yet another piece of unwanted EU legislation, Mr Doherty's business, and others like it, could actually have been legitimately exempted - were it not for our half-asleep government and civil service.

Read it here (half way down the page, below the excellent article on BBC warmist bias  )

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/8901365/The-BBCs-hidden-warmist-agenda-is-rapidly-unravelling.html

[Vamps]

All HGV and PSV drivers have to have an individual operators licence, not sure when it all comes into force, if driving for money and apparently this includes Horse Boxes......The world is going mad.....

[Dishevelled Den]

While, unsurprisingly, this is yet another piece of unwanted EU legislation, Mr Doherty's business, and others like it, could actually have been legitimately exempted - were it not for our half-asleep government and civil service.

Half asleep?  They’re oppsing comatose; furthermore, the sooner they slip into a state of moribundity the oppsing better – the useless oppss that they are.

[Dishevelled Den]

While, unsurprisingly, this is yet another piece of unwanted EU legislation, Mr Doherty's business, and others like it, could actually have been legitimately exempted - were it not for our half-asleep government and civil service.

Half asleep?  They’re oppsing comatose; furthermore, the sooner they slip into a state of moribundity the oppsing better – the useless oppss that they are.

Although – in the interests of balance -  the readership should not see this as a gross generalisation on the capability of all those within the curtilage of Westminster and Whitehall.

[Rods2]

When the UK politicians pass the dehydration directive, no doubt they will gold plate it, by banning the drinking of water. 

Mind you, that will be okay for most OOFers we will just drink beer instead. 

[Lazydocker]

Shouldn't have been that much of a surprise... If his combination is over 3.5T (which it is) then it should also be fitted with a Tachograph because he is using it for commercial purposes so it was likely that they would have to comply to Haulage Regulations at some point

Still outrageous though

[tidla]

When the UK politicians pass the dehydration directive, no doubt they will gold plate it, by banning the drinking of water. 

Mind you, that will be okay for most OOFers we will just drink beer instead. 

amen.

tis true thou the 3.5 t excess tacho law has been out in force since i was familiar with regs in 2005

[blackviper90210]

iirc, you have to have a CPC cert by Mar 2014

Another tax to add to the collection