PAY / CONDITIONS.... why don’t they interview truck drivers.. and stop interviewing these suits

@bigpopparich726

2 жыл бұрын

The Scottish guy was the only one who had a clue

@bigpopparich726

2 жыл бұрын

@You Tube importing cheap labour was the problem you fool, brexit was the solution.. give it time and more brits will want to drive trucks because the money will go up.. a lot of truckers walked away because the cheap foreign labour drove the wages down to the point it wasn’t worth doing

@simioone4162

2 жыл бұрын

Because they don't like the truth

@mctransportation9831

2 жыл бұрын

@You Tube what do you think happens when work visas are issued and endless welfare benefits are given to foreign families? Who do you think pays for their kids to be in public school. Even if they don't bring their families, that means they'll spend the minimum amount to live on and wire the rest home. Yes, if drivers are paid what they're worth, it'll get passed on to the consumer, but that's the way it is at any job.

@Arltratlo

2 жыл бұрын

more suits to talk to, HGV drivers are in low numbers..

Big companies don't want to pay. People don't want stress for less money. Truckers end up in Europe for more money 💰 🤑 💸

@mowildsbesthackz

2 жыл бұрын

im moving to Europe

@mechanikalbull5626

2 жыл бұрын

@@mowildsbesthackz STAY where you are 🤮

@luisgomes8226

2 жыл бұрын

"Denial is not a river in Egypt." what drivers? Do you mean the ones from Europe that your government is now desperately trying to employ. You liar...

@CHMichael

2 жыл бұрын

They should make you chief economist. ( not joking)

@losteden

2 жыл бұрын

i like to go uk but for 3 months and then goodbye? no thanks i have family to feed and need stability

I lived in UK for 10 years 6 years was driving a tanker for BP moved back to Lithuania this may and no money would bring me back

@junaubomber6977

2 жыл бұрын

Why is that?

@NewWaveSports229

2 жыл бұрын

Stingy British won't even pay their own drivers or give them breaks

@cviiilxxii2436

2 жыл бұрын

It is everywhere, called fascistic capitalism

@kcjazzy

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Germany and I see more and more LT trucks lately. I wonder if Brexit is why?🤔 We don’t have any shortages either.

@johnman8554

2 жыл бұрын

Yea.. Good job man..

When doing my (UK) HGV test, the examiner casually asked me if I had work lined up. I told him yes - driving skips around building sites. He was horrified. The examiner actually thought that long distance work (which includes overnight stays) was the best thing to do. I reminded him of the terrible working conditions that long distance drivers face. Who wouldn't rather be at home every night in their own bed, using their own shower, their own decent food..

@makoy2689

2 жыл бұрын

Of course he thought it's the best thing to do, because that's from their perspective. But what they need to realize is that they need to pay people more for their time. It's not only about what the job entails that determines pay, but about what you could be doing other than the job. I feel a lot of "managers" don't seem to understand this, that people have lives outside of their job, or WANT to have lives outside of their job.

@Odisej1

2 жыл бұрын

How is possible that they did not see that this shortages of driver's are comming?I mean...yes I understand that they want to pay as less is possible but...you need do balance stuff if you want for economy to work otherwise it is disaster. They will need to balance stuff up.

@nicolepelletier5336

2 жыл бұрын

@@Odisej1,

@paul66990

4 ай бұрын

Government funded training bodies and the testing organisations profit from making testing expensive. These racketeers never get mentioned.

The money they pay drivers is just insulting. I have a Class 2 licence and get paid more working in costco doing an unskilled job. And there is zero stress by comparison. The government has sent out letters to all HGV drivers holding licences urging them to change careers to help out the crisis but the wages still haven't moved in the right direction

@MrMaboboz

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen on Google that it's 13:50 an hour, is this true? If so then it's not so bad.

@Crackers8

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrMaboboz costco pay warehouse workers £13.75 per hour. When you compare the wage to other unskilled jobs in the UK which require no skills or specialist training then I would say the wages are appalling.

@MrMaboboz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Crackers8 Thanks for replying Adrian, is that starting salary?

@AboveLimitss

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrMaboboz You r kidding or just cant make a differers in the skill level that a tank driver need compare to a Costco job? You driving you r far away from family and friend sleeping in truck risking to get in a accident whit a full of petrol truck! So many difference!

@kevinbibb4318

2 жыл бұрын

Could no agree more-tough job, skilled and way of life.

You don’t need more truck drivers. You need better working conditions for the truck drivers.

@casparharte

2 жыл бұрын

He didn't even listen, just like every journalist, has his own idea and sticks with that..

@fauxfox2974

2 жыл бұрын

Explain? What do you mean comfier seats ? Are you saying we need even more rules and regulations. I’m surprised by the amount of likes for this comment. Are you a truck driver ? The pay needs to be better the hgv lessons and test needs to be lowered in price.

@mattwilliams1205

2 жыл бұрын

@@fauxfox2974 better conditions such as not refusing to employ drivers who won't ILLEGALLY fiddle their tachographs,

@fauxfox2974

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattwilliams1205 aah right ok gotcha. I agree with what your saying but surely them type of companies are the minority although I have come across some proper cowboy outfits. I still think the cost of gaining the HGV is ridiculous and is more than partly responsible for the shortages of drivers. The same way the “YTS scheme” caused a shortage of tradesmen back in the day. I see a heck of a lot of “older” HGV drivers on the road and there’s obviously not enough younger drivers coming through. A solution could be to give C1 drivers the class 2 licence and the class 2 drivers the class 1 licence after some training free of charge from the government surely that’s more cost effective than trying to entice foreign drivers with cash incentives

@phemgab7532

2 жыл бұрын

Not just truck workers. Cost of living is extremely high. Jobs all round are poorly waged

What a surprise.. after all these years we somehow realize that it is DOCTORS, TRUCK DRIVERS, and NURSES we need instead of all these junk celebrities. Who would have thought :)

@phyllisthompson4207

2 жыл бұрын

Right! No preparation! You’d 🤔 think 🧐

@MrXispas

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, it was a Portuguese nurse saving JB's life...Maybe the wrong way i guess. Now the M5 will kill me....That sucks....

@sunglasserz

2 жыл бұрын

“Junk celebrities”😁👍🏻 I would add “useless” too

In the Netherlands people get their HGV licence and the company is paying for that, but the driver has to work for that company for about 2 years.

@rashidkhalid3970

2 жыл бұрын

Seems fair good idea

@douglastodd1947

2 жыл бұрын

i mind when some companies in Scotland did that.

@tx5190

2 жыл бұрын

Some UK/GB companies do similar through "apprenticeship" type schemes. I understand the company I work for offers this but after qualifying the driver can leave before the 2 years are up if he/she reimburses the company.

@jesusloveyou9523

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I want. Am a bus driver and the company pay for me and I work for 2 years good deal they train u up as well

@marcusmeins1839

2 жыл бұрын

dude that's freaking cool

What about last CHRISTMAS when UK locked drivers like worst criminals at the airport ? Most of people forget that. And bottom line you voted to get out of EU... So here you have it :)

@AAron-gr3jk

2 жыл бұрын

That was a lot of drivers who saw the light. There's no point doing a job that does this to you

@flycorvus

2 жыл бұрын

get out of EU? yepp and now: get out of "Northern" Ireland! NOW!

What a ton of lies: panic buying? As if you can store petrol and gas in the basement or pantry. Some do think people are that naive?

If the job was appealling then people would be flocking to be drivers. So the shortage of HGV drivers is due to it being an unattractive job. The simple answer is to make the job more appealling. Imran Khan gave an absolute rubbish summary at the end. Somebody slap him.

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@jamesmurillo144

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on.

@fab2lats

2 жыл бұрын

If the job is not appealing, then why in every case of immigration, immigrants choose to work as a truck drivers or in construction? CEOs from Ukraine get their licenses then go to work as truck drivers in EU. Because it's easy and pays well enough. Don't get me wrong, driving for 10 hours sucks, it's tiring, but it's definitely not "hard".

@celticsaxon8857

2 жыл бұрын

@@fab2lats shut up and stop being so silly

@flopunkt3665

2 жыл бұрын

@@fab2lats it's not just driving, they often have to load and unload their own truck during the times that are supposed to be their breaks. And they're under constant surveillance by GPS, if they only take a short detour chances are they might have an angry dispatcher yelling at them on the phone right away.

What do you expect when you charge thousands of pounds to gain the license to drive a HGV only to find the pay isn’t great then they charge more money to make you sit the CPC every 5 years for 35 hours a course designed to teach what you do on a daily basis. Then you have to pay for your digital tacho card. No wonder no one wants to do it.

@tellyonthewall8751

2 жыл бұрын

spot on!!

@samhartford8388

2 жыл бұрын

That's the genius of laissez faire capitalism in the UK. Should have voted for other than the Tories...

@benjaminmeusburger4254

2 жыл бұрын

for 8,800 hours of work you spend 35 hours on keeping up to date - the horror, those monsters! When I take a course for certification, then it is paid by the employer - so you are sitting around and have a comfy time which is paid.

@vitallink4830

2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget that lovely EU work time directive, so if you're on a salary you end up being forced to work 70 plus hours a week and only get paid for 48 of those hours as it's illegal to get paid for overtime.

@tellyonthewall8751

2 жыл бұрын

@@vitallink4830 What does EU work time regulative have to do in a BREXIT Britain???

Its Rule Britannia - no more foreigners, no more fuel and empty store shelves - what a disgrace

@mattwilliams1205

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing to do with "no foreigners" dumbass

@End-Result

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattwilliams1205 It's EVERYTHING to do with xenophobia, you dickspittle, even tories agree on that

@mattwilliams1205

2 жыл бұрын

@@End-Result no u idiot, it is to do with ILLEGALLY bad working conditions, (such as only employing those who will fiddle their tacographs) which is ILLEGAL. and low wages.

@mechanikalbull5626

2 жыл бұрын

@@End-Result I'm sure UK's population are enough to employ local truck drivers not imported one 🤮

@pod11th31

2 жыл бұрын

@@mechanikalbull5626 If local population is low, it requires less stuff.Also it is not becous eof brexit, supply lines are disturbed all over the world - intentionaly - under premise of covid restrictions.But it is those restictions and problems that were the goal : so called "great reset'

It's almost like the UK government didn't think this through.

@cviiilxxii2436

2 жыл бұрын

Artificially made crisis, as usual

@aniksamiurrahman6365

2 жыл бұрын

What? UK govt. came out of Europe so that Europe can be kept out of anti-China Triad. Do you think people's need has any priority?

@seanfallon4580

2 жыл бұрын

Well I guess they didn't even though they knew this was going to happen, they had 4 years to prepare for the implications of Brexit but this Government don't seem to care 🤔

@gabrieleghut1344

2 жыл бұрын

The UK government was thinking about the next election and votes, everything else is making their head explode. But no governments thinks things through? After the election is before the election and to think so far ahead that it matters will never happen, because every political party only has its agenda on its mind. Who cares what the consequences are.

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanfallon4580 it's not a brexit issue though.

“The reason we are having a fuel shortage is because people are buying petrol” -Genius

@SofaKingShit

2 жыл бұрын

I don't actually have a vehicle but I've been hoarding some petrol just because l don't like the idea of all this scarcity.

@47rintin1

2 жыл бұрын

Stop buying petrol!

@touraneindanke

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah people have never done that before!

@Doso777

2 жыл бұрын

His qualification is probably that he believed in Brexit. That's it.

@yuliaa6328

2 жыл бұрын

@@SofaKingShit omg...you are a legend😁

Improve working conditions, treat people better and offer salaries that reflect there value. Fail to do this and people will walk away.

Inviting 5,000 European truck drivers to come to the UK to work in the busy period just before Christmas is a really smart idea because in Europe, where there is very high demand for truck drivers, of course they don't celebrate Christmas.

@t.r.l.4377

2 жыл бұрын

jaaah, in germany we all convert to islam in 2015! 🤣🤣🤣

@kevinbibb4318

2 жыл бұрын

The irony so funny and true. Well said.

@GrumpyGrebo

2 жыл бұрын

You think people aren't eager to travel for a few hours, work on effectively double their wage for 2.5 months then go back home for Christmas anyway? Speak to people rather than listening to the media haha. Come on.

@eekamoose

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrumpyGrebo I did. I spoke to a Polish truck driver near Bremen in Germany a few days ago and when I asked him if he would be interested in going to work in the UK for three months he laughed and asked if I was crazy. But I can see your point. Why rely on professional journalists, serious news sources, international press agencies etc. when you can ask your mates down the pub, eh?

@gerhardhettler8521

2 жыл бұрын

veroppelung welchen Lohns ? Den polnischen /Rumänischen. Die haben aber inzwischen gemerkt, daß der höhere lo9hn der Briten auch mehr Steuern und Lebenshaltungskosten bedeutet so daß unterm Strich nichts übrig bleibt. da können sie Zuhause oder aber in Europa bleiben da fahern sie nciht schlechter. Und wenn der Mohr seine Schuldigkeit getan hat bekommt er wieder einen Tritt? Wo lebst du?

The shortage of drivers has been a problem for years. This problem was "solved" by importing cheap labor from Eastern European countries. While the real problem was left unattended. Pour pay for drivers, an excessive amount of rules to comply too, excessive fines for not complying to those rules, pour sanitary facilities and not just in the UK this is a European wide problem. The only solution is better pay and a better work environment for drivers.

@casparharte

2 жыл бұрын

thank you, you kept your comment in facts!!

@antoniocruz8083

2 жыл бұрын

In Switzerland minimum wage is around £3500/month but then a cup of coffee costs £5 and rent is £3000/month. There is your solution for all trade shortages, high inflation. But then Switzerland is a money laundry haven where money literally falls from the sky. In turn, how will the UK pay an equivalent high standard of living, without counting on cheap labour?

@truthseeker3536

2 жыл бұрын

@@antoniocruz8083 Inflation caused by ruling class greed to justify treating workers like trash. They can easily run businesses profitably, treat workers well and give good prices for customers. But they don't want to.

Drivers from some EU countries were willing to work at lower wages than UK resident drivers and replaced them over time. When Brexit hit, the drivers went home, leaving the UK short-handed. Until the UK resident drivers can be re-hired, there will be a shortage. Another fallout from BREXIT.

@jamesmurillo144

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely worth it though.

@samhartford8388

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmurillo144 Yes, Brexiteers voted for a smaller economy and are now getting it.

@jamesmurillo144

2 жыл бұрын

Freedom over money. I'm no expert but I think in the long term Brexit was a good thing. We will see.

@nackedeikongo9930

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmurillo144 Agree! It will be more likely the EU going down the river. Just stand tough.

@Arltratlo

2 жыл бұрын

but you can cut the training phase by a lot, just dont teach how to revers... you will save a lot of money and have a way to deal with the over population of the UK...!

Who cares about petrol or food... We got our BREXIT😂😂😂😂😂

@mattwilliams1205

2 жыл бұрын

this has nothing to do with brexit u idiot.

@taipizzalord4463

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattwilliams1205 Then why is Northern Ireland still able to keep its supermarkets full, it's petrol forecourts filled and it's councils more easily able to collect/empty it's residents bins?

@falkjanen5050

2 жыл бұрын

Brexiteers won their stupid game and now get to enjoy their stupid prize. But as a European I'm really sorry for all the innocent remainers.

@mattwilliams1205

2 жыл бұрын

@@taipizzalord4463 do you have statistics to back up your claim that Northern Ireland's councils are able to collect/empty bins more easily. And do you also have a statistic of funding per household in each council area to correlate with this? If not, then keep quiet.

@RiskyWiskyHD

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattwilliams1205 this has everything to do with brexit. you now need entry clearance In order to import or export to EU Countries. Which creates a delay of a couple hours upto even a day. EU Lorry drivers are sick of having to go through this bs and decided to work within the EU. Why would i potentially waste 2 days going and coming back from UK when i can do extra 2 jobs within that time period.

Britain needs to understand u are not the world, the world is interdependent on each other. Respect people, don't exploit them🌍

This notion that Poland and Germany are short of HGV drivers is very misleading. There is a shortage of Polish HGV drivers because they're in the EU and have access to workers all across the European Union. The same with Germany. That's why there is no lack of fuel at the petrol stations in Poland where I currently live. Ridiculous to try and pretend that this is a europe wide phenomenon. It is a British problem of their own making.

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

Haha not according to facts, Poland are down 125,000 drivers compared to our 100,000

@gregjones8412

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonrodgers2375 I’m in Poland and can tell you firsthand, there are no food shortages.

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregjones8412 they're down 125,000 drivers compared to our 100,000 regardless. They're actually in a worse state driver wise than any other country, including ours. Rejoiniacs have gone from _'brexit is the cause of the HGV driver shortage'_ *To* _'We know that the driver shortage is European wide, but the EU aren't struggling with food Shortages.'_ It's crazy to see, pretty funny actually.

@gregjones8412

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonrodgers2375 ​ @НЕ РУССКИЙ ТРОЛЛЬ Russian Troll, don't be pathetic. I told you that they have access to drivers from all over the European Union which 'YOU'(Russian Troll???) don't, which is why their shelves are well stocked and their garages full of fuel. There is no logical comparison. Your statistics, even if they are true (which I doubt), are highly misleading. Good look on destabalising the West, Russian Troll.

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaFe73100 that's because they've been panic buying, their fault. Petrol stations have had queues for days, people are people.

That driver seemed to be a more sensible talker of the lot….

Fuelexit Where is farag ?!

@thomasw.glasgow7449

2 жыл бұрын

making adverts on how wonderful he is , aye !

When will governments look at what is needed by the whole population of a country, so called social planning. We have recently been paying the price, insufficient doctors, nurses, dentist, police, lorry drivers teachers you could go on and on. All these professions need training of between 1 year to 5 years. These are all essential workers, without them, as we have seen, everything grinds to a halt. The pandemic was unexpected but the hospitals were short of staff before this hit. They refuse to have a decent minimum wage in place to actually cover the cost of living, especially now the cost of living is rising. I heard on the news that there are now more food banks in this country that McDonalds, yet Boris keeps on letting us know that this is the 6th wealthiest countries in the world.

@samhartford8388

2 жыл бұрын

Agree with you, but notice the difference between 6th biggest economy vs. 26th richest in per capita terms.

@JogBird

2 жыл бұрын

sounds like communism

@maureengreenin3003

2 жыл бұрын

@@JogBird - TRY SOCIALISM. I have no idea where you live but before Universal Credit in the UK, we had a thing called Working Tax Credit, which was there to increase the income of the low paid. So some companies paid the minimum wage which while this was considered enough to live on, which the government knew it wasn’t, so the low paid were given WTC, but this enabled some large companies to pay their share holders larger dividends by keeping wages low. So it was all tax payers who were subsidising the low paid we were also contributing towards higher dividends for the share holders. This type of action keep the poor poorer and the richer, and friction becomes greater.

@casteretpollux

2 жыл бұрын

By GDP per capita the UK is the 37th highest in the world. It's not a rich country. It's also knee deep in debt. Just a few people at the 'top' cream it off.

The job is a mug’s game. I packed in 2 years ago. The best decision I ever made.

@AAron-gr3jk

2 жыл бұрын

Can you explain what led to this decision? Thank you

@djoffski5712

2 жыл бұрын

@@AAron-gr3jk I will teel you mate, bad driving culture in UK, no facilities, no respect despite a very stressful and responsible position and inadequate pay.

@firsttimegamingfirsttimega428

2 жыл бұрын

Me to! I went from driving a class 1 to IT Tech and never looked back, simply not worth the stress/disrespect/wage/lifestyle/health problems imo.

@AAron-gr3jk

2 жыл бұрын

@@djoffski5712 I feel like people who drive massive trucks, with completely oblivious drivers of teensie little cars driving recklessly and cutting in right in front of them in the brake zone, deserve respect for how few deadly accidents they manage to have compared to the regular driver

You all need to spend time on the road for one month with a hgv driver and see why they are all leaving the industry instead of trying to mislead the public into thinking You all know what you are talking about.

Brexiteer's, are about to find out how small an Island in the Atlantic, England really is; in the next 5/10yrs.

@Matt-di6nb

2 жыл бұрын

Shouldnt of even been thought of there was a reason why it took so long for it to go ahead

@jrobs1133

2 жыл бұрын

"Brexit isn't a major factor in the UK driver shortage" Did you even watch the video?

@Matt-di6nb

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrobs1133 I did and im not saying brexit is the MAIN factor but regardless it shouldnt of happened. Just a massive fuckup

@jamesmurillo144

2 жыл бұрын

It's nothing to do with Brexit lol, not from all the interviews I've heard from truckers anyway.

@Matt-di6nb

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmurillo144 it has played a role as foriegn drivers have gone and are now being offered visas on a temporary basis. Which wont work.

'If garbage men made $60,000 - $80,000 a year, everyone would want to be a garbage man.'

One of the better reports on the fuel and driver shortage in this current crisis. You invited knowledgeable persons to be interviewed. Well done Al Jazeera. You didn´t let her explain about the cabotage issue. I understood from comments that that needs to be resolved too. You also cut Danny?? off at the end when he talked about improving certain working conditions drivers experience on the road. Safe parking lots, clean sanitary facilities, respect by their clients, their employers, the autorities. You will not get any drivers in the UK if that is not improved. Why would retired drivers come back? Why would EU drivers come back? Why would young people consider a job in that industry? You didn´t mention the future technological developments. Automated Guided Vehicles which you see now being used in some ports in Rotterdam. No need for licensed truck drivers in a container terminal or an enclosed warehouse area.

The European truck driver union stated that member's would never go back to UK because of how they were treated , can't blame them

I was very happy hearing from my favourite Vauxhall enthusiast, Dougie Rankine from" Once driven forever smitten". I had no idea idea he was also a lorry driver. Very happy to hear your contribution Dougie, 👍

I used to want to get my Class 1 licence until I got my Class 2 licence and seen how we are treated by car drivers on the road, constantly cutting you off, pulling out in front of you, racing to get ahead of you. Its like, hello I'm driving a truck I cannot accelerate like a car, I cannot throw a truck around corners like you can a car, I'm heavier than a car and I can't stop on a dime. Give me more respect on the roads please, Don't force into my braking zone, Don't cut me off because chances are I might not be able to stop and might crash into you. Car drivers seem to either not care or have no Idea how much room trucks need or how much stopping distance is needed.

@andypeterson3070

2 жыл бұрын

Very true pal....and as for cyclists passing on the inside.....

Brexit means Brexit, you voted us out and wanted us to go home, so we are home.

@crazycrab8578

2 жыл бұрын

good, I am glad you went home, your own country is also short of drivers :), good

@kevinbibb4318

2 жыл бұрын

This is incorrect. I am English, mix of irish and welsh-no doubt roman/viking. Also, french/german/and east african migrants 5k years ago. We are in Europe. The EU is a control system that the British did not and will never accept controlling by the twits. Truth though, been replaced by same-but atleast they are British-with german/French/Italian decent. I AM CONFUSED.

@cliffsofmoher4220

2 жыл бұрын

@@crazycrab8578 OK so you wanted them our so why are you people taking up houses and jobs in Ireland like why is there a British family in every streats and every houses. Because they are trying to get EU citizenship again that's all

@ohje7517

2 жыл бұрын

@@crazycrab8578 they have fuel and full shelves though. Any idea why?

@jesusloveyou9523

2 жыл бұрын

Lol come back brother some people mouth is too free

Have to say the current mess in UK is well-deserved and well earned! "Take back control" - you voted for it ,now deal with it!

Duggie Rankin is the only person I’ve heard who knows what he’ talking about

@annickjacobs3304

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it will recover in time but the UK will be between 5 and 15% worse off. It will revert to being the sick man of Europe yet again.

@jeremybaker4721

2 жыл бұрын

@@annickjacobs3304 Yawn....

This lady cried because she ran out of gas, but she must have had a party, or maybe not, when the Brexit won the referendum. Many cheered and sent fireworks. Today they must be asking what went wrong. If immigrants were the problem, they left, so why did it get worse?

@BrettWolfgangFischer

2 жыл бұрын

Covid putting people out of work and the DVLA who have a back log of HGV licences to process, yet their work force is decimated. Also this is happening in the EU too and America, Canada and other countries globally. How is that all Brexits fault?

@DaisyDoom

2 жыл бұрын

Blame brexit all u like and ignore the real problem .....are you a politician by any chance?

@mrlegkick91

2 жыл бұрын

200 years could pass and Europeans and remainers will still be salty about Brexit.

@BrettWolfgangFischer

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaFe73100 This isn't about being insular. The shortages are global. The EU putting trade barriers on the UK would be more to blame if you want to go down that road. However, it's global so it isn't to do with Brexit. Truck driver shortages are worse in the EU. America, Canada and other countries globally have truck driver and food shortages even Brussels.

@rayh1965

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrettWolfgangFischer France, Germany, Spain, Ireland all have no problems getting fuel. Also no food shelves bare...the Polish drivers returned home, Irish drivers have bypassed the land bridge to Europe leaving the UK out of it. Some European trucking companies have left due to Brexit. There are issues in Europe with trucking but not to the extreme world of self inflicted pain the UK is going through.

same as it's always been pay and conditions and cost to obtain a licence .

I don't blame drivers holding back 🔑It should be clear that the UK doesn't only have a "USE AND DUMP" culture; it is also their nature🔑 Sadly, it is also experienced in the work place - No thankfulness, no loyalty ‼The end justifies the means‼ The UK is all about TAKE, TAKE, TAKE

@user-hp5fz3qs1u

2 жыл бұрын

If you're mug enough why shouldn't we treat you like a mug

The lines are full of cars with near empty tanks and they call it panic buying! Unbelievable! Of course, the support that the Tories have is equally unbelievable!

It's an island you can walk :)

@kantaralak.billlbill1857

2 жыл бұрын

Just like Dr barbera moore

TLDR: They left the EU and basically kicked all low wages driver from eastern europe out of the country. Now they realised what is happening but nobody wants to come back, since they the driver would have to leave after the holidays. Well done Brits, you got what you asked for :)

Hah! A three month visa. Is that suppose to be our government throwing EU drivers a bone? What use is a 3 month visa. Has to be at least a year. Or you grant HGV drivers a visa that allows them to go back and forth between EU and UK when they please over a few year period. Take out all the red tape and bureaucracy and allow the drivers to do their job without having to think of their immediate future 3 months later. Also the euro is very strong when comped to the pound at the moment. No doubt being paid in euro’s is more desirable. Increasing their wages here will immediately sort that out.

@casteretpollux

2 жыл бұрын

It's not only that. Brexit brought out a lot of nastiness and people don't have to put up with that. Everyone has their self respect.

They should have been given visas to stay and work for next 5 years and government should have given more training facilities to recruit more drivers and given better facilities over the time period

@blcrusher

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and they need to pay higher Wages. But then the Question is, why did they left the EU in first Place, right ? When after all, they are going to invite the immigrants back, that they kicked out before. So stupid.

Hate immigration and face the consequences! This is a beginning, imagine what will happen in the future!

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

The old racist stick waving argument huh, you're a clown. Explain how we hate immigrants

@alex_2020

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonrodgers2375 why explain, when you think you don’t hate immigrants. Good for you, you must embrace them and help them! They need help, that is why they chose to immigrate at the first place. No sane person wants to leave his or her home without a reason. Thanks for the compliment though! Being a clown is much better than some of your politicians!

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

@@alex_2020 controlling our borders doesn't equate to being racist or hating immigrants.

@alex_2020

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonrodgers2375 I agree with you on that!

@majingilane2411

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonrodgers2375 racist dont like to work

I sent my hgv license of to swansea driver licensing over three years ago, and not seen it since. Thats how bad driver licensing has gotten.

They have the same freaking problems in trucking every where I thought it was just here in the good old u.s.a.they better start taking care of us or no toilet paper,food ,gas, pipe,steel,chips,etc.

@katdaddy469

2 жыл бұрын

Ain't that the truth!

@thomasw.glasgow7449

2 жыл бұрын

oh no not the bog paper ! that's it it's now an R E M song waaaaah , it's not fair it's an injustice , aye ! he he he .

People in the UK are only getting a little taste of what people in Lebanon Nigeria South America have suffered for years .

@Eddiesteady2007

2 жыл бұрын

It's not even the beginning..

Give drivers some respect so people will start thinking a truck driver can be a lifetime career

@paulthomas3841

Жыл бұрын

I left years ago, 2 phone, more and more Paper, Tract so the Males sitting in the Offices so they know where the Drive is

OMG the woman crying has got me in stitches, awww she ran out of fuel a 100meters short....

I am a truck driver in the uk, 10+ experience, can drive tankers too among everything else that i have driven before. I wouldn't go back to tankers for three reasons : money, stress, respect. There are companies that pay better, significantly better. Its a joke that tanker jobs out of west london are still at such low rate. Stress becuse people in this country have no regard for safety. You are delivering petrol and someone will come over eith a cigarette in their mouth to chat. Respect as the companies treat drivers like scum, often wanting loyalty from employee with nothing to offer in return, also there are double standards innthe industry, and people are overworked. I can't blame anybody not wanting become a trucker. 12 h shift is normal, 15 happens at least once a week. Forget the stories of seeing the world while you make money. All you gonna see is asphalt and traffic. If you tramp ijnthr continent, its not like you gonna have delivery to paris and you will tip it outside eiffel tower. You will go to paris sure, industrial estate 30 miles out of city centre, and no, you can't just go sight seeing on your brake, wheels dont spin, truck makes no money, you gotta keep moving. Best case scenario you will park up for the weekend near some touristy place, but trust me. Getting outside of industrial zone to say city centre ain't easy nor cheap, plus u r leaving ur truck behind that might get knicked, fuel stolen, cargo stolen- these are regular occurances. You also will not make friends, innfact you will destroy your relationships. You will destroy your health, long hours, late hours, no exercise, lots of coffee, bad diet. Thats truckers life, not burton reynolds movie from the 80s.

16 years I live in UK and I was always told that Britain is the best place to live a work in the world

@andypeterson3070

2 жыл бұрын

And they were right. I have lived here all of my life so far and would not want to live anywhere else.

1:49 The instructor is like: This dude pays me to drive around with him in my car. Driver that is learning just realized, that he is paying for seat in the car driving throught petrol station and do 50m in 1,5h. The instructor after they pull out of the station. Well, that is it for today, we have learned something new. Super. You were good today, really natural at filling up the fuel tank. 🤦🤦🤦 Thanks for reading. Sorry for my bad eaglish 😁

I'm sure there are plenty of UK drivers, but none are willing to do the job the Eastern Europeans were willing to do for less. Now that they've all gone back to work in their own country you are essentially FKD! Unless of course you start doing the unthinkable, improve their working conditions and PAY THEM WHAT THEY ARE WORTH. Now that you are finding supermarket shelves and petrol stations empty you can see how important the Truck drivers truly are.

@annapomelo3818

2 жыл бұрын

If you mean YOU, you mean WE have to pay them more. It will always be the customer who has to pay the bill. This will hit the poor even harder.

@semiretired6033

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately you will have no choice to pay them more because no one will want to do it. Truck driving is amd extremely demanding career, and someone who has never done it can't ever begin to understand the enormous responsibilities truck drivers face. No one wants to drive a truck when they can make more working in a shop, or warehouse driving a fork lift. Truth!

@timhammick8230

2 жыл бұрын

@@semiretired6033 Capitalism says that you are never paid what you are worth. Think about it!

@andypeterson3070

2 жыл бұрын

No we need to learn to stand on our own 2 feet. It wont be easy but in time we will get there.

How much will they pay? The biggest problem is that in UK they drive on wrong side.

dump the cpc card , and dump the work time directive and watch the problem disappear , just saying

Tanker drivers etc went onto hs2 truck driving job. Get them back and pay them properly this time.

So this is the Global Britain they promised....haha

@mattwilliams1205

2 жыл бұрын

heaven forbid, they may have to improve working conditions (Such as forcing employees to ILLEGALLY fiddle their tacographs), and wages to attract british workers.

@simonrodgers2375

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattwilliams1205 these clowns are like jackals aren't they. Imagine circling the brexit issue for 5 years straight just for the chance to say we told you so, and then, being misguided and thinking that these issues are related to brexit in th first place.

@thomasw.glasgow7449

2 жыл бұрын

yeah great innit , aye !

Brexit is a major factor.

@blanamaxima

2 жыл бұрын

No, you think

I think the problem is that they keep driving on the wrong side of the road. That’s crazy 😜.

All down to the hauliers who have preferred Polish and Romanian drivers for years on cheaper wages. Thousands of trained lorry drivers were out of work. Add Brexit and all those Pols and Romanians going home and there you have it. The blame sits with the middle class hauliers.

@mikexdxd4781

2 жыл бұрын

British workers work on contracts for 13 ph polish and romanian thru agency ongoing same job 20 ph so who is working for less u moron wake up its not 2005 its 2021

@thomasw.glasgow7449

2 жыл бұрын

and the Gov , aye !

The only people to blame are the HGV companies for year they payed poor money rubbish hours employ Jonny foreigner because they work for peanuts and that just made the wagers even lower .

@krisluzem4374

2 жыл бұрын

Jonny foreigner is gone. Now Craig you can start your new carrer 😏

Did this job for about 6 months around EU and I quit after I realized that my family is more important. Now I’m work two jobs but I am home every night and have a normal life

I was a Canadian truck driver for 30 years, saved as much money as I could, gave my notice August 19th 2020, f***ed off south and retired at 56 yo, It started to go down the drain in 2016 so I got out before it turned to s**t. Best move I ever made. F that s**t

Give up a good job to go and help the gammon. I think that's a very optimistic outlook from the PM and his team. LOL. Sympathy to the non-gammons.

the muppets in charge putting panic in to start mode

Here in the US we also have a massive driver shortage. Same story different country. The government here made it SO difficult to keep and maintain our haz mat endorsements 95% of us gave them up. Now it’s “we’re running out of gas!!!” A new driver here can make $40k a year for 70 legal hours of driving a week. That’s less than minimum wage. Then they quit. Countless hours wasted at docks, (mostly unpaid) no parking, constant harassment. Wonder why there’s a shortage?

I’m more than willing to move to the UK and drive Lorries. I currently drive HGV in the US. I would love it. Been driving on and off for 7 years now.

start paying decent money to drivers

They dont even mention a new law that makes Lorry drivers responsible for any accident they may have regardless of the right to a fair trial. Yes you go to Jails if anybody smashes against you when on the road

@tellyonthewall8751

2 жыл бұрын

What? Show it ... or is it a bias, nonobjective comment of yours??

@jpcoll2011

2 жыл бұрын

@@tellyonthewall8751 I think he is talking about the new changes and additions to the Highway Code. You obviously are another ignorant driver who ignores the news about these changes.

@tellyonthewall8751

2 жыл бұрын

Somebody deleting messages ..eh'

@jpcoll2011

2 жыл бұрын

@@tellyonthewall8751 Elaborate please. Who???

@tellyonthewall8751

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpcoll2011 you idiot .. if I knew who, I would say .. eh' But you are the type to know everything .. even my job and who/what I am, just by read 12 words from me ... hurrrayyyy!!!! .. you go get a job at the government, they need numb heads like you to convince them, that 2+2=5. You can babble talk so much nonsense, they'll hire you just to keep your pie hole shut.

The country absolutely refuses to build some rest/parking areas, you know like near the massive distribution centres where drivers want to/need to park. The state of the laybys that fit three trucks, with no room to manoeuvre in or out and drivers laying 2 feet from 60 mph traffic ‘resting’

Lack of drivers? There are lots of truck drivers here in Philippines just earning around GBP 7-8.00 wage a day, working 8-12 hours without overtime pay. They will be very happy to work for the UK!

@katdaddy469

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a truck driver from the US and I'm here in the Philippines. I can teach English and different terms to help prepare drivers for work abroad. We are also in need of drivers in the US.

i am a kenyan🇰🇪 big truck driver and i want to do these jobs

@darkweb8860

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not only drive the truck from A to B, you need special license and education in delivery danger chemicals. Only simple drive is easy, it’s all about over regulated rules

Well the Situation is a little bit tricky. If nobody wants to work, they have to pay more, but not from their pockets , no no no, the end consumer will pay for it. So i think the prices will rise and sooner as we think.

@jackking5567

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but think longer term! The excuse of goods rising in price can be afforded if workers are paid more. You'd make a good politician.

@samhartford8388

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackking5567 It's called inflation.

I wanted to be a driver many years ago but glad I didn’t as a while back I saw a program that featured a driver who admitted being in tears because of being away from family members so much , he eventually got a truck presumably with some financial assistance and went round truck stops to talk to drivers about their concerns and mental health issues I hope he helped many through a difficult time, I know what it’s like to have depression so good luck to all of you out there .

There is no temp visa process from the gov site, i checked twice

Dear U.K. In the Future, Let us be Together, Cooperating, Trusting each other and live good lives where goods are available, while supporting each other. I wish to see you all humble and smarter while Back in Great EU, if even possible. - Sincerely, Your Polish HGV Driver.

@twinwheels4717

2 жыл бұрын

It's good to hear you expressing your concerns towards the Uk, I hope you can also express your benevolence towards the LGBT community in your own country.

@rafaczajkowski6096

2 жыл бұрын

@@twinwheels4717 when you grow up, you'll realize that leftist propaganda ate your brains. But it will be too late.

@perun6884

2 жыл бұрын

@@rafaczajkowski6096 I am not leftist. I was an honest worker looking for an honest job, which I found in Europe instead.

i´m from Scandinavia and I have not seen empty shelves here. The coronavirus is not to blame, it must be brexit that is causing the shortages of goods in UK. this is how it goes when you vote for populists.

@annapomelo3818

2 жыл бұрын

Same in every other country in the EU.

Who would’ve thought a vote to end the free movement of goods and people…would end the free movement of goods and people. Shocker!

The transitional Brixit economy has been badly planned. This is not the only sector that will suffer disruptions

If its down to brexit why are other countries including the US having issues with driver shortages?

A simple solution would be to give truck drivers better job conditions, and shut down unnecessary internet trade for groceries. Then the delivery drivers that get jobless, can be reeducated as truck drivers.

Poland here, no shortages felt anywhere

The driver licensing dpt, has made things worse, by their idiotic covid panic back in march april 2020. Then they set up a fancy isolation for workers in the offices, and the office workers at driver licensing took a huff. N went home.

I feel sorry for that woman getting all emotional, she just filled up.

@natillefoxy9881

2 жыл бұрын

She can't fill up, some fuel stations are stopping the pumps after £20 to £30 pounds. I was only allowed £30 for my 7 seater yesterday 😟

@Capricorn265

2 жыл бұрын

She cried 😭then she cried again 😭😭.........so emotional.......petrol does that to you sometimes.

@annapomelo3818

2 жыл бұрын

A tank full of tears and loose nerves instead of fuel. Poor lady.

@jenniferjemison636

2 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for her but this is nothing compared to what is to come! Living in a developed country spoils you or is a buffer for what 90% of what the world have to struggle through everyday. Now the chickens are coming home to roost. God help those who are not prepared!

@Capricorn265

2 жыл бұрын

I bet she still has 70 toilet rolls from the first lockdown.

i like the cookie monster in the background of that bearded guy.

Unbelievable, governments failing the simplest of public issues. Regulations taking months to catch up due to endless discussions.

Jesus! This is such a balanced presentation. Wow! Compare this with "Question Time" where liars are allowed to speak (on the whole, not always)

All is about offer and demand, that's what capitalism stands on. So if there is shortage of drivers, wages will go higher and the higher goes the more driver will get back till the gap is closed. But question is, why the wages don't go up?? Answer is simple, greediness! I used to work on partime for take away shop, 7/h + 1 per order. I made around 10 pound net per hour. When I asked to get 1 pound hour more ( after several hour I gave them, they declined), owner was making around 3000pound a week net to his pocket!! He rather closed the shop for week than pay a 35 pound a week extra! You wanted Brexid so enjoy it! Perhaps all those Pakyistans, Indians and another can do driving jobs!

@NettiieB

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realise take away restaurants could make that kind of money 😯

This has happened due to many years of low wages poor working conditions etc this is not due to brexit 🤣

@nackedeikongo9930

2 жыл бұрын

Perfectly right! I am German, most of the time living in England. I have driven a truck forth and back between England and the EU for donkey 's years. There is, by the way, definitively also a shortage of truck drivers in Germany, just not yet as bad as in England. My congratulations for having the guts to turn your back on the EU! The only thing wrong with the Brexit was the time. Should have done that 20 years earlier, before the EU had a chance to kill your local economy.

@Zaak249

2 жыл бұрын

@@nackedeikongo9930 Well why did the UK join the Eu in the first place *cough* Sick man of Europe *cough*

@nackedeikongo9930

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zaak249 May I remind you, that the EU kind of persuaded the UK, even bribing them with special conditions like paying only half the normal contributions towards the community? On top of that the UK joined in when the EU still was a strong and tough Union of healthy economies, which made that a good and clever decision. I wanted to avoid this thread to run into a "versus the East" direction but unfortunately, the EU started going downhill thanks to integrating countries which had and, in my opinion, still don't have anything to do within the EU. There is no way lifting the economies of so many countries to the level that most of the members of the "original" EU once had. What was predictable and has happened is the sad fact that the rich countries have gone towards the level of the new members. There we might probably find another reason why wages for truck drivers are not half way what they should be like. If transport gets too expensive, how can the industry carry parts abroad and have them assembled in countries with wages and working conditions we would not even dream of here in our worst dreams. The EU government will always try to achieve one thing and that is keeping wages as low as possible. Mate, I was an owner driver and I can assure you that, after running a successful business for years I am happy these days, after my retirement, that I survived the last couple of years financially. Let me finally turn your coughs the right way, please: I am a man, sick of Europe. You can take that for granted.

Thats also because when someone applies for catagories to be added on their locence they can wait anywhere around a year before dvla even sends their licence bak which is absolutley shocking! Dont dvla have to answer to anyone? Service is shocking when it comes to this.

And they are assuming that Europe has a massive surplus of qualified drivers to send to the UK?

I’m a professional truck driver and I don’t have job

Listen to whole interview about 6:00 guest says: "Brexit isn't a majour factor in the driver shortage it plays are part in it....."

@normanberlin7348

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah people in the western world need to accept the fact that their daily goods and other stuff will and have to go up in prices because people nowadays don't want to be a lorry/truck driver because there are jobs out there with more money,more free time and less stress. I am german and a truck driver and here in Germany most companies won't/can't pay good money in the long distance sector, companies wont acknowledge that you offer your free time for the whole week if you work as a long distance driver... Most companies offer 2000-3000€ for long distance driver, which is a joke tbh. not to mention that we germans have a neighbour(Poland) wich don't have the € yet and are happy with a payment like that. I mean sure depending on the route you can have days were you only work 9 hours per day but you have to spend the rest of the day in your truck on a parking spot at the highway without access to a shower or a restaurant because all of the truckstops are already out of space. That's why I work as a short distance/city driver nowadays because I get a much better payment and be at home every day.

Once again the government have to step in to help the private sector. If a company wants to keep drivers, they need to offer them good pay and conditions. The only reason there are queues at the petrol pumps is because the public have panicked, even though supplies were getting to the pumps fine, before the media ran the scare stories of not enough delivery drivers.

I have my Class 1 license, but will not be driving anytime soon since I have zero interest in full time work. I am quite happy and willing to take one off trips but the system is not able to accommodate people like me. The shortage issue is not specific to petroleum delivery nor specific to lorry drivers nor specific to the UK. The western world lives via the consumer and we are consuming - A LOT. And other countries (China, India, Mexico, etc.) are also increasing their consumption. Consumption needs workers to produce and deliver goods. There just aren't enough workers to meet the demand of consumers. Shortages will exist as long as demand is high

EU truck drivers literally have shown Boris a finger. He did everything to treat those people without respect not it is all paying off. What comes around goes around! Brexit is just starting to bits back .

It is all caused by to a lot of factor:s: Brexit, Brexit, Brexit, Brexit....

No problem getting petrol in the north of of GB what's the problem in the South of the Country? North of Crewe we aren't panicking so therefore no shortages. That's the question you should be asking B

Tanker drivers went onto the hs2 rail job, its unwanted not even running on time or price, take the drivers back of hs2 and pay them their worth. Instead of pennies.

@NicholasWarnertheFirst

2 жыл бұрын

And how long have you known this? Maybe the government could've anticipated ? It's not as if HS2 only started last week.