The Government says 50,000 more HGV tests will be made available because of its changes. However, ParcelHero warns it is a grave reduction of driver testing standards.

The Government has announced changes to the HGV driver test in order to free up capacity for 50,000 additional tests per year.

The Department for Transport said up to 50,000 more HGV driving tests would be made available, with drivers now only having to take one test to drive both a rigid and articulated lorry.

“Streamlining” of the driving test should create an additional 20,000 appointments per year, according to the Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Government changes HGV test rules in bid to tackle shortages Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the shortage of drivers ‘is a global problem’.

Up to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will be made available each year by shortening the application process and the tests themselves, it said.

Changes to the HGV testing system designed to address a shortage of drivers are a risk to road safety, the Road Haulage Association has said. The UK has an estimated shortfall of 90,000 lorry ...

The Government has announced changes to the HGV driver test in order to free up capacity for 50,000 additional tests per year.