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[Lazydocker]

In short E, it sounds right. I know I'll be losing my entitlement as I haven't done a "Driver's CPC"

Is this for hgv or psv?

Both I think, but certainly HGV

  Oh well, I have been reliably informed that I will need one for my psv, so looks like both will go..

Any idea when the new rules come in?

Think they're already in re the CPC. :-/

Digicards are only applicable to vehicles under 5 years old I think :-/

[Vamps]

Actually, thinking about this it stinks, If ever I have needed extra money I would do some driving, also part time coach driving was part of my semi retirement plan.....

[Amigo]

Evening all. I found the c/c on the Renault yesterday, it does'nt work with the air brake on??(Gay). My old Gobstopper is'nt the beast Wellungs was (i wish) but it is CD spec with half leather, wood dash etc. In fact i'm in it as we speak parked up @ Lutterworth.
      Regarding the NVQ/CPC yes those of you who don't do it will lose your licences i'm afraid, i think by september but don't take my word for it. It's not just a case of driving for a day like i used to be but you have to attend so many ongoing hours per year towards it. It's up to you although i think it's unfair. Guy.

[I am a Daisy]

This CPC thing is a load of guff! Why should we have to pay to prove we are capable of driving large vehicles? Most of us have already done that, by paying to put ourselves through the test, which meant taking lessons, even those of us who have been given their license through their work, had to take the same lessons. Just another gubment money making scheme! Just the same as having to pay to get a digi card. I have been driving for 25 years, so if I cant drive at least half decently by now then they have a point, but why cant they give guys (and galls, just to keep the pc brigade happy,lol) with 15 years or more grandfather rights to this CPC guff? We all have to have this or we risk losing our HGV/PSV entitelment, and remember to hold either of these licenses is a priviledge and can be revoked at any time if the Traffic Commisioner says so. To the guys that asked about any amount of driving time needed, no you dont have to put in a minimum amount of time per year, it is only the CPC course you will need to get to keep your license.

News just in..... Just spoke with a mate who had just got out of Stafford, pulled in there tonight by VOSA, checked his digi card and gave him a stern lecture about overspeeds on his card, so watch out folks, there out to get us for anything it seems! Also, while I'm having a rant, lol, have any of you heard of anyone getting done by VOSA for not having their trailer legs fully wound up? I had heard about it but just thought it was rumours when I first heard about it about six months ago, since then I have met three people who have been done for it! So beware, and yet another gubment money making scheme rears its ugly head lol!

[Omegatoy]

eeek!!!
ok returning in feb to renew me lgv licence, have searched the dlva website and can find nothing about the need to have cpc yet? some "rumours" suggest its not in till september this year?
surely if you needed it it would be on gov website for dlva?
got me medical booked and me flight booked hoping for a quick turnaround, anyone know the definitive answer?

[r1]

cpc
you have to get this by 2014 else you cant drive for hire or reward eg being paid for your job.it consists of 35 hours of training mostley classroom.if you have hgv and psv you only need one cpc.
once you have it you also have to renew it every 5 years
do not get confused with the cpc transport managers ticket they are 2 diffrent things.
you do not have to have driven any hours on your hgv/psv to renew it.i have just done mine all you need is to have a medical if you old like me and pay 80 pounds for the privilage.
i think this cpc thing came in from europe.

[bertiecbx550]

excuse me for sounding thick but does this also cover grandad rights on 7.5 tons as well??? i`ve not got a hgv licence but i may at some stage want to go back to driving 7.5`s to earn some extra dosh.... :-/

[r1]

This CPC thing is a load of guff! Why should we have to pay to prove we are capable of driving large vehicles? Most of us have already done that, by paying to put ourselves through the test, which meant taking lessons, even those of us who have been given their license through their work, had to take the same lessons. Just another gubment money making scheme! Just the same as having to pay to get a digi card. I have been driving for 25 years, so if I cant drive at least half decently by now then they have a point, but why cant they give guys (and galls, just to keep the pc brigade happy,lol) with 15 years or more grandfather rights to this CPC guff? We all have to have this or we risk losing our HGV/PSV entitelment, and remember to hold either of these licenses is a priviledge and can be revoked at any time if the Traffic Commisioner says so. To the guys that asked about any amount of driving time needed, no you dont have to put in a minimum amount of time per year, it is only the CPC course you will need to get to keep your license.

News just in..... Just spoke with a mate who had just got out of Stafford, pulled in there tonight by VOSA, checked his digi card and gave him a stern lecture about overspeeds on his card, so watch out folks, there out to get us for anything it seems! Also, while I'm having a rant, lol, have any of you heard of anyone getting done by VOSA for not having their trailer legs fully wound up? I had heard about it but just thought it was rumours when I first heard about it about six months ago, since then I have met three people who have been done for it! So beware, and yet another gubment money making scheme rears its ugly head lol!

about 10 years ago i was near dover going to catch the ferry,when a artic coming out of the docks had forgotten to wind his wheels up.they bounced across the carrigeway  jumped the crash barrier hit my 3 seriers bmw bounced onto the bonnet through the windscreen and  out the back window, i lost control of the car and crashed into the barrier.if anyone had been in the passenger seat they would have been dead.
so i dont have any proplems with drivers getting done for this.

[r1]

excuse me for sounding thick but does this also cover grandad rights on 7.5 tons as well??? i`ve not got a hgv licence but i may at some stage want to go back to driving 7.5`s to earn some extra dosh.... :-/

at the moment its just hgv /psv. i think now as part of your training fot hgv you do your cpc

[I am a Daisy]

This CPC thing is a load of guff! Why should we have to pay to prove we are capable of driving large vehicles? Most of us have already done that, by paying to put ourselves through the test, which meant taking lessons, even those of us who have been given their license through their work, had to take the same lessons. Just another gubment money making scheme! Just the same as having to pay to get a digi card. I have been driving for 25 years, so if I cant drive at least half decently by now then they have a point, but why cant they give guys (and galls, just to keep the pc brigade happy,lol) with 15 years or more grandfather rights to this CPC guff? We all have to have this or we risk losing our HGV/PSV entitelment, and remember to hold either of these licenses is a priviledge and can be revoked at any time if the Traffic Commisioner says so. To the guys that asked about any amount of driving time needed, no you dont have to put in a minimum amount of time per year, it is only the CPC course you will need to get to keep your license.

News just in..... Just spoke with a mate who had just got out of Stafford, pulled in there tonight by VOSA, checked his digi card and gave him a stern lecture about overspeeds on his card, so watch out folks, there out to get us for anything it seems! Also, while I'm having a rant, lol, have any of you heard of anyone getting done by VOSA for not having their trailer legs fully wound up? I had heard about it but just thought it was rumours when I first heard about it about six months ago, since then I have met three people who have been done for it! So beware, and yet another gubment money making scheme rears its ugly head lol!

about 10 years ago i was near dover going to catch the ferry,when a artic coming out of the docks had forgotten to wind his wheels up.they bounced across the carrigeway  jumped the crash barrier hit my 3 seriers bmw bounced onto the bonnet through the windscreen and  out the back window, i lost control of the car and crashed into the barrier.if anyone had been in the passenger seat they would have been dead.
so i dont have any proplems with drivers getting done for this.

 Glad to hear you survived r1, thats scary!  Totally agree with you on getting done in that respect, but what VOSA are doing now is a £30 fine for each full turn of the handle to get the legs up fully, one of the guys I met got a £90 fine (3 turns on handle) and another got £120!

[sierrapaul]

i got stopped by tosa in my old erf ec 14 for a dull headlamp and an inop speedlimiter.got done £100 for the light and a warning for the limiter.they wanted to do me for speeding but as me charts were from when i was in spain and they stopped me 100 yards outa portsmouth docks they couldnt do me.im doin my driver cpc next mth.cant see why ive got to do it as ive got an internatioal cpc being an owner driver

[Omegatoy]

cpc
you have to get this by 2014 else you cant drive for hire or reward eg being paid for your job.it consists of 35 hours of training mostley classroom.if you have hgv and psv you only need one cpc.
once you have it you also have to renew it every 5 years
do not get confused with the cpc transport managers ticket they are 2 diffrent things.
you do not have to have driven any hours on your hgv/psv to renew it.i have just done mine all you need is to have a medical if you old like me and pay 80 pounds for the privilage.
i think this cpc thing came in from europe.

yep thats about how i read it after ages spent trying to find out!!
but my medical is going to cost me £120.00 I have to have a new photo on me licence and digicard which is another 20, for the licence and dont kknow how much for the digicard, and god knows how much else for flights etc!!

[Amigo]

It does all seem another typical case of over enthusiastic eu trash we could all do without. Not only as a money spinner but also to invent "non jobs" for those with no real skills themselves who attend a course watch a video & are suddenly "experts" with an over inflated sense of self importance.
    It has to stop somewhere though. As some of you know the hours are long & unsociable & the pay is'nt all that. It's getting harder & more expensive to get a licence & once you have those in the know? who should get real jobs continue to make life even more difficult & costly to the driver & his/her Gaffer.

   No wonder youngsters don't want to come into the trade.