19.10.2020
Artikel Nummer: 33733
IRU urges to lower drivers’ minimum age
The International Road Union (IRU) is calling on governments to lower the minimum age for professional drivers to 18 in all sectors. This simple measure will ease long-term driver shortages by guiding school leavers directly into professional training, helping combat youth unemployment, IRU said.
Minimum age regulations for professional drivers currently vary significantly throughout the world. While the minimum age is already 18 in the Middle East and some European countries, it is 21 in many other parts of the world. In the European Union alone, there is a complicated patchwork of different ages and rules for professional drivers and regulations can even vary within a country. (ben)