One of the UK’s top Volvo truck dealers has launched a campaign to get more women behind the wheel. Thomas Hardie in Manchester has linked up with local City College in a European Social Fund-backed project to find more female truckers - and it has a pink lorry to help them.

The aim is to train 100 women to drive large goods vehicles (LGVs) of up to 32 tonnes. “It’s a stepping stone to articulated HGVs,” said driver development manager Rachael Scanlin. “We want to target girls of 15 and 16 to show them that there is a career waiting for them in truck driving.”

(this bulletin was taken from autoexpress.co.uk)

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