In the 'old days', before 1999....you could get a German drivers license without much effort that allowed you to drive a 7500 kilogram truck (16,000 pounds or 8-tons).
What did you have to do to earn that 'right'? Just get your car license....that was it. There was no test-drive or special training with a 8-ton truck.
Now, you can laugh about this standing and how the Germans got away with this for so many years, then corrected in 1999.
Why this comes up today? Well....the UK is short on drivers and for years.....they've known about this license business. Millions of Germans walk around today with a 8-ton mark on their license.
So with the truck driver shortage going on in the UK....word got out....recruitment is going on to hire up German drivers (mostly people over the age of 45 in Germany).
Me? Well....I did my US license over into the German license....in early 1999....so I missed the 'golden' era for the 8-ton license deal.
How many Germans might sign up for this recruitment? Unknown. If I were guessing, I'd say less than a thousand.
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