The new cpc rules for existing psv and hgv holders

[banthenewcpc]

Currently have both psv and hgv licences i am worried by the new cpc requirements for current drivers /will i have to take 2 cpcs one for each licence? from the notes on the net it seems unclear if current holders will have to take some sort of practical in this cpc .It really pees me off that this will affect so many drivers who are already struggling to make ends meet in yet there is no consistent info on this and so many myths .All i know is that in 2013 to enforce this law the police will have to pull over so many coaches it will be stupid .Take the seatbelt law in psv coaches an absolute joke because niether the driver or the police can enforce it i know you try telling fifty kids or adults to wear there belts and enforce it whilst driving and what about coaches with toilets are people allowed to use them if so then they must surely take there belt off ????if so then how could a police officer prove this wasnt the case?? food for thought .

[banthenewcpc]

I was a late starter with driving and suffered job wise because of the 1997 nonsense regarding 7.5ton vehicles which was removed from new drivers licences from jan 97 .The thinking behind that was flawed and ill thought out .i remember going for a job as a milkman and being turned down on the grounds that the float was plated at 4.5 tons and the new licences only allowed 3.5tons .The irony of this later on when i passed my psv which allowed me to drive 12ton coaches with human life as cargo ,was that i still could not drive that milk float a vehicle a fraction of the size and with limited speed .only when passing my hgv class 2 did i finally qualify though i accept i could have taken the pointless 7.5ton test required by licence holders after 97 .My argument with the law back then was that it created a 2 tier sytem in that post 97 drivers would have to take proper training for larger vehicles but pre 97 didnt meaning the likes of my nan could jump in a 7.5 ton truck perhaps for removal purposes and rather worringly drive it down the road perfectly legally ,this hardly produced safer driving conditions on our roads .ONCE AGAIN THIS WAS A PRODUCT OF THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE !this law still affects me even with a class2 and manual psv with regards to caravans restricting me to tow the very smallest with a restriction of 750 kg which is bullst considering in many ways my licence has far more entitlement than say a person pre 97 with only a car entitlment .This new cpc ruling is much the same with vague information and so many people wondering where they stand now and in the future .