Female truck drivers in the uk

In , Scottish fashion student, Jodie Lawson, hit the headlines as she became the UK’s youngest ever female truck driver. Jodie is disrupting the industry norm and is currently on a mission to use her platform and encourage other women to succeed and be inspired. In a recent interview, Jodie said: “My advice would be to just go for it. Don’t be scared because when you’re up there in that lorry it’s an Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.  · With the Road Haulage Association (RHA) estimating that less than 2% of HGV drivers are women, surely one of the answers is to recruit more female drivers? When the Freight Transport Association (FTA) carried out a rough Twitter poll in , the signs were positive. Asking women if they were willing to drive a tonne truck for a job, 79% of respondents voted ‘yes’. Attracting more . Promoting Road Freight Industry to Women: Motivations and Challenges of Female Truck Drivers in the UK Autumn Mabel Fitzpatrick (University of Huddersfield, UK) and Gökcay Balci (University of Huddersfield, UK)Author: Autumn Mabel Fitzpatrick, Gokcay Balci.

With the Road Haulage Association (RHA) estimating that less than 2% of HGV drivers are women, surely one of the answers is to recruit more female drivers? When the Freight Transport Association (FTA) carried out a rough Twitter poll in , the signs were positive. Asking women if they were willing to drive a tonne truck for a job, 79% of respondents voted ‘yes’. Attracting more women lorry drivers is a possible solution that the government has put forward. Companies also blame Brexit, pointing out that 15, European truck drivers left the UK in the last year. Why UK needs more female lorry drivers. Published 29 August Now, over , long-haul truck drivers are women, approximately % of the industry. Trucking companies and retailers, facing a dire shortage of drivers, are now actively looking to recruit.

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