class 1 driving licence

AnythingButChardonnay

auroan wrote: »

Not quite.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_4022499

Minimum ages

Driving an exempted goods vehicle is determined by its weight. Vehicles with a maximum authorised mass weighing between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes may be driven at age 18 years. Vehicles which weigh more than 7.5 tonnes can be driven from the age of 21 years.

Again, not quite:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_4022547

Read the exemptions:

*Age 17 if you are a member of the armed services.
** You can drive these vehicles at age 18 if one of the following apply:

• you have passed your driving test and Driver CPC initial qualification
• you are learning to drive or taking a driving test for this category or Driver CPC initial qualification
• you are taking a national vocational training course to get a Driver CPC initial qualification
• you had your driving licence before 10 September 2009 - you must take the CPC periodic training within five years of this date

So it's entirely possible to obtain the licence and to use it at/from 18 without being a member of Her Majesty's Armed Forces (where it's 17, not 18, anyway).

Even before the introduction of CPC is 2009, there existed a 'Young Drivers Scheme' which allowed an HGV licence to be obtained at 18.

xoleeb

auroan wrote: »

Not quite.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_4022499

Minimum ages

Driving an exempted goods vehicle is determined by its weight. Vehicles with a maximum authorised mass weighing between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes may be driven at age 18 years. Vehicles which weigh more than 7.5 tonnes can be driven from the age of 21 years.

that link refers to driving goods vehicles on a car licence not holding a LGV licence

http://www.hgvlgvtraining.co.uk/minimum-age-drive-hgv.php

My nephew successfully passed his Class C in November last year age 18 and is training for C +E now - he has been driving 17.5 tonners all year

auroan

Ok here's the correct link;

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_4022547

Still 21 unless you meet the CPC stuff

Large vehicles, with or without trailers

Category
Description
Minimum age
C
Vehicles over 3,500 kg, with a trailer up to 750 kg
21*, **
C+E
As category C but with a trailer over 750 kg
21*, **
*Age 17 if you are a member of the armed services.
** You can drive these vehicles at age 18 if one of the following apply:

• you have passed your driving test and Driver CPC initial qualification
• you are learning to drive or taking a driving test for this category or Driver CPC initial qualification
• you are taking a national vocational training course to get a Driver CPC initial qualification
• you had your driving licence before 10 September 2009 - you must take the CPC periodic training within five years of this date

Hammyman

auroan wrote: »

Ok here's the correct link;

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_4022547

Still 21 unless you meet the CPC stuff

As anyone who passes a Cat C1, C, C+E test after 9/2009 has to have a DCPC before they can be employed regardless of their age, then the 21 year old restriction is now wrong and out of date.

And from 9/2014, ALL HGV drivers regardless of how long they have had a licence have to have a DCPC.