Greenuser:
I am within my legal rights to drive with cannabis in my system. I was only interested in finding out what I would need to do - someone on this topic has already advised to get a medical exemption certificate which is what I’ll do in due course. I’m starting training for the theory test next week
What a waste of money that would be, assuming there’s even an iota of truth in it: an unrepentant drug user who wants a job in what is arguably the most heavily legislated and regulated industry we have in modern life
Entitlement to drive a car is one thing, entitlement to drive a truck is a whole other ball game with a different set of rules and I don’t think you know the first thing about how the system works; plus your attitude is an insult to the many many drivers who take their responsibilities very seriously. As Juddian has intimated, HGV driving is not the employment sector for drug users.
We have a whole separate layer of law enforcement you know nothing about, namely the DVSA, who can stop any truck they feel like for a spot check of vehicle or driver, and the Traffic Commissioner, who runs Public Inquiries and Driver Conduct Hearings, where he regularly takes away a driver’s HGV entitlements for a wide variety of reasons.
I find it impossible to believe that you’ve had a D4 medical where you were truthful and were given an HGV provisional entitlement on your licence, which is the first thing you’d need to do before even before signing up to do theory training.
Even if you cheated your way through the system, you can be fined £1000 for failing to disclose information to DVLA, such as a medical condition that could potentially warrant the exemption you’re talking about. And in the event of an accident you’d be prosecuted just for this failure to disclose, and that’s before we consider the other offences you’d be prosecuted for.
Even if you did cheat your way through the system and pass your tests, are you planning to admit to your drug use to an employer? I can’t think of a single Transport Manager I know who would take you on, I know for certain you wouldn’t drive for either of the companies where I’m on their O-licence, and if you cheated your way in you’d be liable for instant dismissal when you were caught out.
And the haulage industry has a vibrant grapevine, your name would soon be shared with others and you wouldn’t get a sniff of work anywhere in the surrounding area.