Long hours, constant delays, a lack of proper rest facilities and the new headache of extra paperwork and red tape. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
Little wonder perhaps that there's a severe shortage of lorry drivers in the UK.
The government is trying to recruit thousands of them but it's not proving easy. So we've been out with one long haul driver to find out what the job is really like.
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