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I got my license in Germany in 1985 so I can drive a truck up to 7.5t with my license. If I remember correctly I could also add a trailer as long as the total w
by zwieback 5y ago
I got my license in Germany in 1985 so I can drive a truck up to 7.5t with my license. If I remember correctly I could also add a trailer as long as the total weight is below 12t. That's real tonnes, not US tonnes so add another 10%. Seems totally insane to me and I never took advantage of it, largest was 3.5t rental truck. Here in the US larger pickup trucks are maybe 5 or 6 tons. A F350 dually gets close, though.
- max-ibel 5y agoEspecially delivering stuff, say, in the city of London must be hell if you never drove a lorry before. Generally, UK towns aren't quite as spacious as the US. It's wonderfully salacious that they're asking german drivers. Germans are widely seen as the driving force behind the EU buerocracy that mandated Brexit in the first place. Oh, the irony!
- tssva 5y agoThey are asking anyone licensed to drive HGVs to do so. This just happens to include German drivers licenses issued prior to 1999.
- mrlonglong 5y agoI'm still waiting for my letter !
- phh 5y agoOh gosh I didn't know "US tonnes" were a thing, that feels crazier than usual measurements. Thanks for making me discover this
- beerandt 5y agoUS -> (Short) Ton =2000 lbs ~1.1tonnes UK -> (Long) Ton =2240 lbs Metric -> Tonne = ~2205 lbs