David Lowe.
Freelance writer on transport
law, road haulage and intermodal transport
As a transport consultant he undertook many
assignments for nationally and internationally known companies – primarily
advising on the legality, efficiency and safety of their road transport
operations. He has also lectured extensively at seminars and in-company
training sessions in the UK on key transport issues particularly, for
example, on the introduction and use of tachographs and the EU drivers’ hours
law, and he has addressed transport and logistics conferences in Europe,
South Africa, Swaziland and Japan.
Extract from the David Lowe website:
***Extract from the David Lowe website
New Era for LGV Drivers
LGV driver licensing, re-introduced in 1970, was said to have heralded
new standards of professionalism for lorry drivers, but the public
image of today's trucker remains poor. Some are seen as scruffy, bullies
on the road and overweight frequenters of greasy-spoon cafes. Many,
of course, are not of this ilk, especially the well-trained and often
smartly uniformed staff of leading road hauliers and own-account firms.
The current LGV driving and theory tests provide only the beginnings
of a store of knowledge and skills needed by drivers to do their job
legally, safely and with care for their own health. While additional
skills may undoubtedly be acquired over a lifetime's experience, this
is no help to newcomers starting a truck-driving career, or to haulage
employers needing assurance of a new employee's competence to do the
job properly, rather than merely conduct a vehicle around a driving test
course.
To overcome these fundamental shortcomings....
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Currently,
David Lowe is
tutoring students for the CPC National and International
examinations with DTT Norwich. |
