ampedant wrote:
Shortages of valid licences, because the lazy barstewards employed at DVLA Swansea have done very little work since the beginning of the pandemic. They claimed they were open to 'key workers' (whatever they are) but having tried to assist such a person in their dealings with the DVLA it is anything but the truth. Those f*ckers have done as little work as they can since early 2020.
The usual suspect will be blamed, yet it doesn't account for how many UK resident drivers are affected by this. It's almost as if this is a failure resulting from the DVLA failures and the under-appreciation of drivers throughout the haulage sector. I personally know of 2 professional drivers that have had to give up driving HGVs because their licences are awaiting renewal thanks to DVLA delays. They started doing others jobs that ironically paid better than driving jobs because of it.
I've recently sent some docs for updating to DVLA and they usually have a quick turnaround, let's see how long it takes.