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Company I work for is trying to make all forklift drivers get full driving licences for cars

As title says, trying to get any forklift driver without a driving licence to get one. Apparently there was an accident in another branch where a forklift driver hit a customers car. Not a big crash, just a little tap. So the customers insurance asked if the forklift driver has a licence to drive on the road. Not sure why, I would have thought it irrelevant since we're on private property. I drive a motorcycle only, in my country its a separate licence, not sure about anywhere else. On a car licence here you are automatically allowed to drive a tractor and this is what the job wants, trying to say we need a licence with tractor on it to do my job as a forklift driver, 3 years after I started. Sounds a bit fishy to me, the only reason I can think of them doing this is could…


As title says, trying to get any forklift driver without a driving licence to get one.

Apparently there was an accident in another branch where a forklift driver hit a customers car. Not a big crash, just a little tap. So the customers insurance asked if the forklift driver has a licence to drive on the road. Not sure why, I would have thought it irrelevant since we're on private property.

I drive a motorcycle only, in my country its a separate licence, not sure about anywhere else. On a car licence here you are automatically allowed to drive a tractor and this is what the job wants, trying to say we need a licence with tractor on it to do my job as a forklift driver, 3 years after I started.

Sounds a bit fishy to me, the only reason I can think of them doing this is could there be a discount on insurance for the company if their forklift drivers also have full driving licence?

Anyways I just wanted to see what reddit thought of this nonsense

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