British truckers: Life on the road with people smugglers, fuel thieves and few toilets


FILE PHOTO: A driver under instruction looks on at the LGV Driver Training in Pallion, Sunderland, Britain September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lee Smith

LONDON (Reuters) - For Tom Reddy, it was the disgusting conditions that convinced him to quit as a British trucker, with few toilets and even fewer showers forcing drivers into desperate solutions at the side of the road.

Reddy, 36, is stopping driving after 15 years, one of thousands to quit an industry that is now struggling to keep Britain's supermarkets, gas stations and factories supplied.

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