| to April 2007 |
from April 2007
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| Daily Driving: |
Max 9 hours. Can be extended to
10 hours twice a week |
No change. |
| Weekly Driving: |
56 hours in 6 driving periods. |
Max 56 hours |
| 2 weeks: |
90 hours |
90 hours |
| Breaks: |
After 4 1/2 hours driving,
you must take a break of at least 45 minutes.
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| Breaks of 15 minutes, taken during the above
driving period, can count towards that break. |
First break must
be at least 15 minutes. Second break must be at least 30 minutes. |
| Minimum Daily Rest: |
Normally 11 consecutive hours.
Rest periods can be taken in a vehicle if that vehicle has a bunk and
is stationary.
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| Reduced Daily Rest: |
9 hours up to 3 times in a week but the hours lost must be made
up by the end of the following week. |
Same, but no compensation for lost hours is required. |
| Split Daily Rest: |
If the daily rest period is composed of non-consecutive hours:
The accumulated rest period should add up to at least 12 hours, with
one rest period of at least 8 hours.
The other periods must be at least 1 hour.
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12 hour rest period may be taken in two periods:
First period must be at least 3 hours. Second period must be at least 9
hours. |
| Weekly Rest
Periods: |
At least 45 consecutive hours which can
be reduced to 36 hours at base or 24 hours away from base.
This must be taken after no more then 6 successive periods of 24 hours
following the last weekly rest period (provided the total driving time
does not exceed the maximum corresponding to six daily driving periods).
Reductions must be taken en bloc before the end of the third week following
the week of reduction, and attached to another rest period of at least
8 hours long.
Compensation shall be taken at the vehicle or driver’s base at
the driver’s request.
A weekly rest that begins in one week and continues in the following
week may be attached to either of these weeks.
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Within six 24 hour periods from
the end of the last weekly rest period, a driver will extend a
daily rest period into either; a regular weekly rest period of
at least 45 hours, or a reduced weekly rest period of less than
45 hours but at least 24 hours.
In any two consecutive weeks, a driver shall take at least two
regular weekly rest periods, or one regular weekly rest period and one
reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours.
However, the reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of
rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the week
in question. |
| Making up rest: |
Compensatory hours should be added to a rest period of at least
8 hours.
Note on tachograph, for that day: "Compensation for DR/WR for (date)
hours/minutes)" |
| Rest on ferries / trains: |
Where a driver accompanies a vehicle which is transported by
ferry boat or train, daily rest may be interrupted once, provided
part of the rest is taken on land, the interruption is no longer
than 1 hour (including customs formalities), the driver has access
to a bunk or couchette during both portions of rest, and the rest
period is increased by 2 hours.
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Where a driver accompanies a vehicle which is transported by
ferry or train,
and takes a regular (not less than 11 hour) daily rest period, that period
may be interrupted not more than twice by other activities not exceeding
one hour in total.
During that regular daily rest period the driver shall have access to a
bunk or couchette. |
| Double Manning: |
8 hours rest in 30 hours for each driver, with
the need for all crew members to be present with the vehicle at
all times within that period.
Breaks, but not rest periods, can be taken whilst a vehicle is moving. |
Within 30 hours of the end of a daily or
weekly rest period, a driver engaged in multi-manning must have
taken a new daily rest period of at least 9 hours.
For the first hour of multi-manning the presence of another driver or
drivers is optional, but for the remainder of the period it is compulsory.
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| More... |
Domestic Rules
MIXED DRIVING (DOMESTIC and EC), Exemptions
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