This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition 3.5ton gvw mas weight
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as of 4/12/2011 a new eu directive came into force effecting 3500kg commercial vehicles used for towing for hire and reward the addition of a trailer is now incorporated in the weight calculation gross mass, even though your vehicle has a train weight , you cannot exceed 3500kg without obtaining an operators licence, bad news for everyone concerned, not just o licence but you now also need a cpc certificate these were designed for much larger and complicated vehicles /unserviceable by everyone accept you local hgv garage , now a simpler idea would have been just to have the vehicle and trailer moted every 6 months keep service records and use a tacho so we need a change in the law please sign this petition as ultimately this will cost jobs
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The petition calls for a change in the law, but what change exactly is being proposed? Repeal of the UK law that brought the Directive into force?
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