HC Deb 10 June 1969 vol 784 cc1420-1

Lords Amendment No. 35: In page 41, line 46, at end insert— … At the end of paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 (which contains transitional provisions for the grant of drivers' licences for heavy goods vehicles to persons in the habit of driving such vehicles) there shall be inserted the following:— The reference in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph to the driving of a heavy goods vehicle does not include a reference to the driving of such a vehicle of a prescribed class or of such a vehicle while it is being used in prescribed circumstances.

Mr. Carmichael

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

The purpose of this Amendment is to prevent drivers of specialised vehicles from obtaining a general heavy goods vehicle driving licence simply by virtue of their driving experience of a particular specialised vehicle, for instance, engineering plant. Such a possibility would be contrary to the interests of road safety. Such drivers should have to take a driving test.

Question put and agreed to.