LoggyDriver Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Well I've just finished a weeks training for my Cat D Coach Licence. Work put me through it as we use a coach on certain jobs we do. The test was today and I'm really chuffed as I passed my test with 0 (Zero) Minors, so got a clean test sheet. That is now a "Full House" on my driving licence apart from Cat H, but I'm not going to bother with that as I'd never use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero-Five-Two Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Nice one, well done for no minors as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Flash git! Welecome to the Dammed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Well done - is it much different to HGV, out of interest? I've idly wondered why the two aren't interchangeable. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 well done Mark (passed psv 1986) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Daymond Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 yep well done, took me two goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Well done, congratulations. I was reading in a newspaper that you don't have to speak English to drive a Bus and the test is done with an interpreter. Is this correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Arriva started a few years back bringing drivers from the Eastern block and paying penuts. The rest of the big groups got in on the act. As a director of First said to me 'We had 180 Poles over in Wales. We kept them here for two years then had to send them home. We couldn't teach them enough English to operate the buses safley'. A lot of small firms tried it, then had their O licences pulled for saftey violations and acident rates. The result has been the ***useless waste of space called C.P.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My company offers free polish lessons to the english drivers................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 The result has been the ***useless waste of space called C.P.C. totally agree with you Tony, annoying thing with cpc, you have to do it again after 5 years!! :mad: :argh: Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 To be fair not all Polish drivers are bad. Just to quote one of the guys who went on the recruting trip 'We were very well treated, the council even changed the whole town to right hand drive for the day. I went on one round , and have never been so terrified in my life. I spent the rest of the day watching from the top of the church tower'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero-Five-Two Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Arriva started a few years back bringing drivers from the Eastern block and paying penuts........ Arriva also got caught out for not importing some of them properly. i.e. passports, national insurance numbers etc. had to go and explain themselves to the Traffic Commissioner down at Eastbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoggyDriver Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Well done - is it much different to HGV, out of interest? I've idly wondered why the two aren't interchangeable. Andy Thanks a lot for your best wishes guys!!:-D Hello Andy. It's not much different. The last test I did was my Motorbike Licence back in 1997. You have to do the Driver Theory and Hazard Perception tests at a DSA centre before you can do the Practical. Because it's a new licence category the CPC needs to be done before you can drive commercially. I haven't done this yet, so although I have the licence I can't drive until I've done the CPC. Even though the CPC is one and the same for HGV and PSV, my "Gradfather Rights" on HGV are not interchangable. They aren't much different, it's like driving a big rigid. It's strange to start with on tight turns, as the driving position is well forward of the front axle. So when turning tight left you actually drive over the path or verge without the front wheels mounting the kerb. I presume you don't get Coach when you get your HGV purely bacause of money. The DSA would loose a lot of money if they did that. Edited October 23, 2011 by LoggyDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoggyDriver Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Well done, congratulations. I was reading in a newspaper that you don't have to speak English to drive a Bus and the test is done with an interpreter. Is this correct? I wouldn't know mate. I would have thought you need to understand the examiner and the only other person allowed in the Coach at the time of test is the Instructor who gave the lessons, should you wish him to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 You only need a CPC, IF your MAIN job is driving. If you are employed as an odd job, who once a day drives a coach you won't need a CPC. The whole thing is a waste of space, so worth finding if an exclusion applies, it won't improve your driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I presume you don't get Coach when you get your HGV purely bacause of money. The DSA would loose a lot of money if they did that. As you say, I suspect that's the only real reason. I got my HGV2 back in the early 1980's when driving Outside Broadcast trucks round Manchester and have wondered about the difference ever since! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 HGV cpc and PCV cpc are different, not interchangable Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoggyDriver Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 You only need a CPC, IF your MAIN job is driving. If you are employed as an odd job, who once a day drives a coach you won't need a CPC. The whole thing is a waste of space, so worth finding if an exclusion applies, it won't improve your driving. If you drive once a day you WILL need a CPC. Any work you do commercially requires a drivers CPC. Have a look here for all the information. Download the information sheet for exemptions. http://www.drivercpc-periodictraining.org/en/what-is-driver-cpc/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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