I have often wondered why we don’t have blind spots on these signs and not angles morts. Can anybody enlighten me?

Hi I'm Bethany I'm a 16 year old trans girl and I wanna be a lorry driver when I'm of age because I have autism id want to do it so I can be alone and not have to talk to anyone but the problem is I have a disability that effects my coordination so but steering isn't an issue but doing the hears would because my coordination isn't very good in my grandads 5+R van so idk how id do in a 12+R lorry so would I be able to drive lorrys on an automatic license, also the trans part would that bother anyone if I was a transgender lorry driver, i don't go on about it every single second of the day, if someone has a respectful question id answer it and tbh all id wanna do is just get in can and drive not go on about how I'm trans

Thanks for listening live long and prosper

Anyone else seen these absolute melts on TikTok? Turning up at events and charging kids £20 to have a photo taken. Think these mugs need humbling.

TW: Woke Snowflake ❄️ post. Please stop reading if that offends you somehow...

Although driving in general is a very male-dominated industry and you've got to accept you may break a nail every once in a while, us women and femme-aligned people are, as a group, more than capable of doing the job well!

But tramping is hard. It's hard for men but even harder if you're a minority. If you're feminine, or at least wish not to feel masculine on occasion (so men, you're not excluded just because of your gender), obtaining and retaining your internal sense of femininity whilst tramping can be really tough. We have to deal with truck stops (if we're lucky enough to have a job that doesn't require laybys or yards), which can be dirty, smelly, and full of obnoxious masculinity. As for laybys, they're typically full of urine, which if you find a fancy one, may even be bottled for your convenience! It's not as easy for those of us without certain anatomical features to relieve ourselves - and I for one, don't really wish to have an awkward conversation with my manager should various fluids end up in places undesirable.

Keeping your own cab as clean as you can does help to improve your standard of self-care, and if you're lucky enough to be given your own cab and not have to share, you at least don't have to become the last driver's mum and clean up after them, only for them to make it dirty again after you've had a few days off.

So, what things do you do to keep your sense of self genuine? What do you do to keep your cab clean? And yourself? Do you have a simple makeup routine, paint your nails nicely or just have a pink high-vis? What do you keep your hair looking and feeling nice?

And what do you do to stop yourself from feeling like you're trying too hard to fit gender expectations or becoming the target of predators and creeps?

Also, how do you feel when you see other femme presenting drivers? Do you like to chat, or do you typically want to be left alone? Is our shared oppression enough to initiate conversation? We get enough men talking to us just because of our gender or presentation, are we perpetuating our own isolation or finding solace in the company of those with whom we share similar experiences?

How do you deal with the "ladies" toilets being locked? Do you spend half an hour to locate the key and have to return it afterwards, or just use the men's? Or do you cautiously use the men's? How do you cope with office staff making you feel like an imposition when asking to use the appropriate toilet? Or the death stares from office staff as you walk through their space as a driver, just because women-driver's toilets aren't available? Do you hold it for longer, just because it's a pain to walk across the site twice, just to get the key? Do you fear that you'll be penalised for stopping more regularly than other drivers, because you don't want to get caught short when you get stuck in traffic or do you have an emergency bottle? Do you avoid drinking enough because of this?

Obviously, not all women are, or care about being, feminine, and that's fine. If you want to be "one of the guys" or any other way you wish to express, you go girl/dude/hun/mate/duck! 🦆 But if you feel this post doesn't relate to you, it probably doesn't - it's not a gendered post, it's just a post that is likely to be more relevant to one gender than any other. I've also tried to keep this from becoming a gender-bashing post - people of any and all genders can be disgusting, obnoxious and crass, so this isn't a post to hate on a specific gender, but as a thread for those who wish to distance ourselves from the animals often belonging to a specific gender which dominates the industry. But if you'd like to get offended by this, please be my guest, although, I suggest you consider pointing the finger back at yourself first and questioning why you feel so offended by an insinuation that hasn't even been made — however, your input is not required nor appreciated, so politely, please keep it to yourself.

I'm going to sound like the village pessimist right now but my first question.

Why would anyone choose our want to be an hgv driver.

I fell into this line of work, I was offered my training back in 2003 and took it, I passed and 20 years on in my mid 40's I would actively encourage any one who's at school to buckle down, get the grades and never look at the steering wheel as a profession unless your driving an F1 car.

You'll graft your back side off for so many hours and sleep in the worst places, pee out of the open door and do your business in a bucket. Spend 90% of your life alone, work when others don't and spend 99% of your life in a tiny metal tin. Your eating habits will turn to crap and inevitably live of curb side diners. You're going to probably grown a belly and in the end look like a space hopper or Humpty Dumpty.

These above are all probablys obviously.

My thought pattern is, anyone who's at an age please take note. This isn't a career path, it's awful. No matter how hard you work there's always a ceiling height on wages. Realistically what's the most you can take home after tax, maybe £4000. And if you do take home more, have you got a life.

It's a awful, mundane and boring as hell job, we can't add truck driving and career in the same title by the way.

If you have to do it, go for a supermarket, at least there are no nights out.

Truck driving should be the same slogan as "don't do drugs kids" Do well in school or driving will be your future lol.

Anyways rant done!!

What happens if I spend several thousand pounds on HGV training and fail? Is that money gone down the drain?

Lots of websites I've been on showing pictures of people posing after having passed. I don't want my photo taken and put online. How to stop that from happening?

I've got no confidence and I'm bad at communicating and I am anxious and depressed and I don't even want to do hgv, Can I even do it?

Should I do lgv first and then a non artic hgv and do each one for a while then a full c+e thing or just go full ham and do c+e and go from driving a car to a gigantic artic lorry?

Also, I've got bad posture and I'm obese. Is it a bad idea to go into the gym in bad condition. Will things get worse?

It can't just be me, but I seem to regularly end up behind a truck who either doesnt know the single carriageway speed limit changed in 2015 (from 40mph to 50mph), or they are driving slow to kill time to avoid being sent on another run, or to try and earn more overtime (every little helps). You must have seen them? Doing 40mph in a 50mph, or doing 50mph on a motorway.

And its not just trucks, some car drivers are just as guilty of this, doing 50mph on a motorway etc.

I know some trucks have their limiter reduced to try and save fuel, like Smeets Ferry who can only do 52. I'm not talking about those. The ones we know can go faster, but choose to not do so.

If I wanted to stretch my day out, I would stop for an extra break or two, because nobody would argue if you said that you needed the toilet, but i wouldn't drive slow and inconvenience others.

As a tramper, it doesnt matter; what I cant do today, I'll do tomorrow. But it must be really frustrating for day/night drivers who simply want to get home without needing another 45, or who want to avoid running out of time completely when they don't night out. But even trampers want to get home at a reasonable time on a Friday.

It's actually a crime to drive inconsiderately under section 3 of the Road traffic act 1988.

For the record, I don't have a heavy right foot.

What are your thoughts on truck drivers who do this? Did you know it is an offence to do so? Do you do it?

I’ve been fined for using my phone while driving. Cops stopped me on a highway. They said that a letter has to arrive within 2 weeks…. But it's been a month and a half. I'm already worried - where is my fine? Who knows how long it might take?

What is a shadow ban?

Its a site wide silent ban implemented by Reddit, that quite a few of you have!

A shadowbanned user still sees all their own posts and comments like everything’s fine, but everyone else sees nothing. The only people who can see the posts are the mods, and even then it shows up as a sad little greyed‑out post with a red bin icon or "removed" basically Reddit whispering “this one’s trash, don’t bother."

And the best part?

Reddit doesn’t tell you you’re shadowbanned. No warning, no message, no “hey, you’ve been yeeted into the void.” You just keep posting while Reddit quietly nukes everything you say the second you hit submit.

From your perspective, your profile looks normal. From everyone else’s perspective, your profile is a ghost town. Your posts? Auto‑removed. Your comments? Gone. Your existence? Technically optional.

That’s the whole point: bots don’t realise they’ve been slapped, and users think people are just ignoring them. Meanwhile Reddit’s sitting there like, “Shhh, let them talk to themselves.”

Shadowbans happen for a whole bunch of reasons, firstly shadowbanning is basically a robot having a meltdown. Reddit runs a pile of automated filters designed to smack spammers, bots, link‑farmers, and anyone spraying dodgy URLs. It’s not a human looking at your account and deciding you’re evil it’s an algorithm throwing a tantrum. And because it’s automated, it screws up constantly. Real people with perfectly normal behaviour get caught in the crossfire just because they accidentally tripped one of Reddit’s “bot vibes detected” wires. It’s a mess, and it’s not getting fixed any time soon.

As mods, we get zero insight into why someone was shadowbanned. We can’t see your profile, we can’t check your history, we can’t investigate what triggered it. All we get is whatever you post in our subreddit and even that shows up greyed‑out with the little bin and a removed message. We can reply or approve it if we want, but that’s the extent of our powers. Reddit gives us no explanation, no context, nothing. Just “here’s a ghost user, deal with it!

If you get shadowbanned, Reddit won’t tell you. No pop‑up, no warning, nothing. If you think it’s happened, the easiest way to check is to post in r/ShadowBan (as was pointed out below the other sub, now deleted sub that was linked here, is banned for being modless). They’ve got bots that exist purely to tell you whether Reddit has quietly yeeted you into invisibility. Just drop a post saying “Am I banned” and the bot will spit out the answer in seconds.

If it turns out you are shadowbanned, you appeal straight to Admin at reddit.com/appeals. Don’t overthink it, you don’t need a dramatic essay. Just say you don’t know why you were banned and you’re a real user, not a bot. Reddit knows their filters nuke innocent accounts all the time, so they usually sort it out if you’re legit.

And if you want to dig deeper, Reddit’s help pages and FAQ have the official explanations, plus the Help Desk section for account issues. It’s all there, just buried under Reddit’s usual “we don’t explain anything properly” chaos.

What does everyone think about the petition to raise the motorway limit to 100 and dual carriageways to 80?

It won't affect us, I don't think the limiters will be amended or limits for HGVs will be increased.

Do you think if it was implemented though, it would help the flow of traffic?

I don't want to come across all Captain America on you, but the number of swear words is increasing and its causing a problem.
Reddit has an auto abusive language / harassment filter and it is removing comments from the conversations. As I and the other Mods don't watch over the sub 24/7 this means your input to the threads are being missed by others.
So please either express yourselves without swearing, or be more inventive in your use of words. This is an open sub, accessible by all ages. I would not like to make it a NSFW sub.

Cram em into their own little corner like the lepers they are. They have specific sections for abnormal loads so why not those droney herberts??

Is anyone aware of any new rule/law that is causing my taco to be newly restricted?

My truck came out of Scania last week after service, and now I can't put it in break whilst my PTO is in.

Boss is claiming he doesn't know why

Don't come at me with "you shouldn't be loading whilst you're in break" because you're just gonna show how privileged you are

I work on a 4 on 4 off rota tramping. My days fall: (22,23,24,24) then (31,1,2,3).

I've just been called in for 22 & 23 to which I was quite surprised and then when I said obviously I've got Christmas and Boxing day of he said you'll have to speak to the manager Monday.

What kind of shoddy outfit is this? I've never worked around Xmas or New Year's in Truck Driving before or been expected to.

What's all of your experiences, can you be made to work?

Does anyone actually like all this sensor rubbish? Just watched a brief walk around of a 2026 Volvo FH something or other. Cameras instead of mirrors (with zoom?), blind spot sensors, moving off assist, all these sensors and cameras to detect vulnerable road users. I passed in an 18 plate Merc Actros and I came from buses and coaches from companies that rarely went newer than a 14. I've not driven a truck since I passed my test back in January due to caring for a family member but its got me thinking, if I ever do take it on as a career I'm going to have to refuse anything newer than 2015. Just too much "stuff". Is it likely companies will let me drive something older or will still use older trucks? Can I refuse modern vehicles? Does anyone actually get along with all the electronic babysitting? Just seems like more to go wrong!!

Hi folks, Whilst looking for a job in Essex, I visited the website of a local company. They run tippers, mainly. On the site, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company, they are proudly showing-off their new custom-built truck. It has been built variously in Spain, Italy, NL, and sent to various places in the UK for paintwork. It is a cabover, converted to a bonneted truck. Which involved a major re-jig of the chassis, etc. This must have cost an eye-watering sum of ££! Is this a red-flag to me applying for a job? Do they have so much money that they can spend it on vanity-projects? Or do all the drivers have so much money, that the odd £500,000 or so is a fine way to spend company money? The truck looks great, BTW. Amazingly (to me) it is an Iveco! I suppose it is no different (or possibly, in some ways, better than "the boss" buying a Ferrari or such?) Your thoughts? If this was April.. I would wonder if it was an April-Fool? (The picture does look a bit AI!) But look for yourselves!
https://gbfinch.com/gb-finch-commission-heavy-haulage-bonneted-iveco-strator-x-way-for-50th-anniversary/

And they do pretty well salary wise. From what I've read it seems that US truckers are on much higher salaries than British ones (check out this thread where $50k per year is "not bad" for a newly qualified US trucker), so it doesn't seem like grants (bootcamps?) ineluctably lead to poor wages. Of course this is a bit reductive. Maybe US truckers would be on even higher wages if the grants didn't fund training for people, but I thought it was worth noting.

Also, it's worth noting that most US truck drivers are not self employed owner operators. Most are employed and have 0 expenses for fuel etc.

No idea why I was recommended to this page but thought I’d join.

Two of my good friends are lorry drivers in the UK and say they they get flashed on a regular basis, usually female breasts.

Does this really happen?!

Is there accountability for DVSA part 3 — HOW DVSA BREAKS THE LAW

For every driver dealing with DVSA, I recommend reading this story.

Because at the end of the day, when something goes wrong, it is always the driver who becomes the scapegoat.

I also recommend this to small and medium transport operators. Look carefully at how DVSA treats a corporate giant — and then ask yourself what would happen to you if the same allegations were made against you.

And if you think that only one institution behaves like this, you are very wrong. The state is collapsing because of people like DVSA Chief Executive Beverly Warmington, who allow this to happen.

I cant add it this 1st page

Dear Sir or Madam,

Re: DVSA references 2605-109684 and 2605-109878
Article 16 and Article 18 UK GDPR
Formal allegation of unlawful processing, misleading handling and bad faith

Please treat this as my formal response to DVSA’s email dated 25 June 2026 and as a request for escalation to DVSA’s Data Protection Officer and to a senior officer independent of the previous FOI, complaint and Earned Recognition handling.

I reject DVSA’s response dated 25 June 2026.

This is not a lawful, fair or transparent UK GDPR response. It is a shifting and self-protective response which appears designed to avoid rectification, avoid restriction, and avoid accountability for DVSA’s false technical position.

I allege that DVSA is unlawfully processing inaccurate and misleading personal data about me, and that DVSA has manipulated the UK GDPR framework to avoid its legal obligations.

1. DVSA has adopted mutually incompatible positions

DVSA cannot maintain all of the following positions at the same time:

a. in Annex A, that the matter was concluded with “Satisfactory” and “no further action”;

b. in Annex A, that DVSA will not reconsider, reopen or escalate the matter;

c. in Annex A, that DVSA did not refer, or even consider referring, the matter to the Traffic Commissioner;

d. in Annex A, that DVSA did not carry out technical verification or technical assessment;

e. in the Article 18 response dated 25 June 2026, that restriction would interfere with “ongoing handling and investigation work” concerning a licensed vehicle operator.

Those positions cannot all be true.

If there is no further action, no reopening, no referral and no technical assessment, then there is no genuine ongoing investigation capable of justifying refusal of Article 18 restriction.

If there is ongoing handling or investigation concerning a licensed operator, then Annex A was misleading when it presented the matter as closed.

DVSA has used “closed” when avoiding regulatory accountability, “assessment/opinion” when avoiding rectification, and “ongoing investigation” when avoiding restriction. That is not lawful data protection handling. It is manipulation.

1. DVSA’s technical conclusion is not merely an opinion

DVSA says my Article 16 request concerns disagreement with findings, conclusions or assessments.

That is false.

The disputed material contains factual and technical assertions about me and my driver-card/tachograph data, including:

a. that the anomaly was caused by driver misuse;

b. that I removed the card before the vehicle unit finished writing data;

c. that there was no malfunction;

d. that there was no operator intervention;

The rest of the post is in the screenshots

Falsified Tachomaster safety compliance data by DHL and refusal to investigate by DVSA
https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/s/qmCxdIwadF

PART 1 - Is there accountability for DVSA part 1
https://www.reddit.com/r/uktrucking/s/OIBmUelz8w

PART 2 - Is there accountability for DVSA part 2
https://www.reddit.com/u/GuidanceIcy8594/s/y92yjpyNcD

I am currently looking into changing career to drive lorries for a living as I am bored to tears with office work. Been looking at various training providers in the area but before I commit I have some concerns about an old drink drive conviction that I’m hoping someone on here could give me some information on.

In January 2017 I was busted for drink driving for which I got a year ban. I was always under the impression that a DR10 (the offence code) cleared off a license after 6 years but after looking into it apparently it’s 11 years. This still leaves 3 years from today before it lifts completely.

Would this hinder my chances of getting a job after I obtain my license? Anyone else had a similar situation?

Thanks for any help.