Foreign HGVs pose evident dangers in Wales

A number of defective and overloaded foreign HGVs that were repeatedly stopped on three major roads in South Wales have been highlighted by Plaid Cymru. As a result of this, the Welsh political party was obliged to use the Freedom of Information Act to ask for concrete figures from the South Wales Police on how all those foreign HGVs were supposedly stopped on the M4, the A465 and the A470 in 2007.

Furthermore, the police stipulated that of 100 cases where the outcome of being stopped was actually recorded, 24 cases were regarded as insecure, which is when the HGVs were either overloaded or with certain mechanical defects. In addition to this, the police also said that another 14 cases resulted in drivers’ hours prohibitions.

Moreover, Plaid Cymru’s Chris, who is also a Welsh Assembly member for South Wales Central, says:

“The overall dangers to other motorists and pedestrians are more than evident. In fact, this week, we have heard that certain foreign LGV drivers work such long hours that they actually report themselves to the police so as to be sure they get a rest from driving. There are certain unscrupulous foreign firms that keep pushing their drivers to work over their hours. To be quite honest, tired foreign HGV drivers are a threat to the rest of us.”

Luckily, after you have completed your HGV training, we are lucky enough in the UK not to have this problem.