If you passed your test more recently than that and you want to drive this size of vehicle you have to do the C1 test. If you are paying for the test yourself and think you may want to drive larger lorries in the future, you may as well just go straight for the Category C licence as the difference in price is small and the test is the same, just in a bigger vehicle.
As the LGV licence is vocational and as a lorry driver you will be spending hours and hours on the road, it is important that your health is up to it. Before you can be given the licence, you have to pass a medical. This is not a very stringent test and anybody in general good health will normally pass it. Anybody with any of these conditions, must inform the DVLA. Once you have your licence, you have to retake the medical at age 45.
Age restrictions:
Basically, the rule for any large vehicle is that you have to be 21 unless you take the CPC. For more detailed information click here.
Useful books:
Useful links:
2pass.co.uk
Hey great stuff, on my driving lessons website - http://www.lowpricelessons.com - I don't list Lorry Lessons yet. Because of that I enjoyed reading this article as its a little bit different from what I normally look at when dealing with regular driving lessons daily. There's some interesting things in there and its a good point that make, calling the licence vocational and pointing out that your health needs to be up to it. Good stuff and keep up the good work.
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