Truck taster days could help UK's driver shortage

www.trackdays.co.uk believes that providing youngsters with a ‘taster’ opportunity of truck driving could help tackle the shortage of truck drivers, which has 40,000 vacancies.

The Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage Association have highlighting the skills shortage in the logistics industry as more people leave the profession than joint it.

Dan Jones, operations manager at www.trackdays.co.uk, said: “Going on a truck driving experience could be the answer to relieve the chronic shortage of lorry drivers in the UK as it gives drivers a taste of what it’s like to handle a 480 bhp beast.

“Even more so, it could ignite a passion for trucking driving in a youngster who is given the opportunity to climb in to the cab.

“We have children as young as 10-years-old getting behind the wheel of an HGV, alongside an HGV instructor, and loving every second of it as they get to grips with 16 gears around a specially designed course!”

Adults can also book a truck driving experience and see if they have a natural talent for manoeuvring a giant lorry, possibly with an eye on a future career change.