No need for a trailer test anymore?

[Fendt516profi]

Do you have to return your license to have the 'e' added if you past your car test after 1997 but didn't take your trailer test

 

[Tomo23]

Do you have to return your license to have the 'e' added if you past your car test after 1997 but didn't take your trailer test

I read that it gets added when you renew your photocard license.

 

[e5c0rt.mk1]

Do you have to return your license to have the 'e' added if you past your car test after 1997 but didn't take your trailer test

No, its says dvla will update it on their records, then the next time your license needs a new photo it will come back with the e part on

 

[Bongodog]

Another option that would help free up DVSA examiner resource to conduct vocational tests would be to consider removing the requirement for car drivers to take a B+E test (car and trailer) if they want to tow a trailer. DVSA currently conducts 30,000 B+E (car and trailer) tests a year. We have seen a steady increase in volumes during the pandemic as the public has adopted caravanning as an alternative to holidays abroad.

no, its the examiners they are short of! this is to try and get them out of the driver shortage crisis

Surely this is what the entire thread is about, all car licence holders will gain the right to tow a trailer up to 3500kg from later this year, all tests for BE cease from September 20th

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Surely this is what the entire thread is about, all car licence holders will gain the right to tow a trailer up to 3500kg from later this year, all tests for BE cease from September 20th

Yes plus they’ve done away with class 2. A real kick in teeth for those of us paid for it. I know lads that have done trailer tests and class 2 in the last month

 

[spanners and hammers]

so can you ask dvla for a refund for a test they made you take and now is not applicable

 

[Tubbylew]

I'm not entirely certain what they hope to achieve tbh. It isn't goin to make lorry driving much more attractive and i'll bet the training firms will up the cost significantly to cover their costs, particularly now they've all got rigid lorries parked up as paperweights, it's a bit gauling having paid for my trailer test, but thats life.

 

[Turnip]

I'm not entirely certain what they hope to achieve tbh. It isn't goin to make lorry driving much more attractive and i'll bet the training firms will up the cost significantly to cover their costs, particularly now they've all got rigid lorries parked up as paperweights, it's a bit gauling having paid for my trailer test, but thats life.

aim would be to clear the backlog of exams quicker and thus get m ore hgv drivers.

 

[glasshouse]

What next?
red tractor scrapped?
Sprayer tests?

 

[Tomr10]

Wow I'm kind of happy sad with this, it's always bugged me that I think I know what im doing and tbh probably know more and more abley handle a trailer than most eligible users. But theres always the unknown regs that nobody looks for and are only taught

 

[Tubbylew]

aim would be to clear the backlog of exams quicker and thus get m ore hgv drivers.

Yeah, question is will the b+e and rigid tests be back? Or would now be a good time to get a test done from a personal development perspective?

 

[Tomr10]

Yeah, question is will the b+e and rigid tests be back? Or would now be a good time to get a test done from a personal development perspective?

I'd guess if nothing else cost should come down it's crazy what they want

 

[ollandroverman]

If it's because they want more lorry drivers why don't they upgrade the trailer lisence for everyone who already has one to a class 2 license. It would be fair for everyone then and they would get a lot of extra drivers really quickly.

Because there is one heck of a difference between towing 3.5 tons, and jumping into 32 tons.

 

[JeepJeep]

Bin the CPC next... Craic on Drive... One step closer Back to the Golden days.

Informative lessons involving fuses and magnets etc and handballing on break etc. Leveling up.

 

[Nearly]

If it's because they want more lorry drivers why don't they upgrade the trailer lisence for everyone who already has one to a class 2 license. It would be fair for everyone then and they would get a lot of extra drivers really quickly.

How about anyone who has driven a Fendt and a bale trailer with 4 courses of bales gets the full artic license?

 

[roscoe erf]

This is good news to can go straight into a artic test and be covered for everythingView attachment 984948

as it was

 

[roscoe erf]

How about anyone who has driven a Fendt and a bale trailer with 4 courses of bales gets the full artic license?

only if they haven't laid it on its side

 

[nonemouse]

How about anyone who has driven a Fendt and a bale trailer with 4 courses of bales gets the full artic license?

Only if they can show that they haven’t rolled it, oh bugger that’s not going result many more artic drivers

 

[Tomr10]

I think rolling one should be part of the test.

 

[roscoe erf]

I think rolling one should be part of the test.

most hgv drivers from the 80's could do that at the steering wheel without spilling much tobacco