

- #Working time directive for hgv drivers for mac driver#
- #Working time directive for hgv drivers for mac full#
#Working time directive for hgv drivers for mac driver#
Where the EU Driver Hours rules do not apply to a goods vehicle, the GB driver Working Time Directive rules come in to force, however in a situation where both rules apply the EU driver hours requirements take precedence. We will publish any amendments or new directives when they are announced. Of course, following Brexit there will be new driver hours rules to get to grips with.

There should be no more than six consecutive 24-hour periods between weekly rests.
#Working time directive for hgv drivers for mac full#
– a driver must take a weekly rest of 45 hours however this can be reduced to 24 hours if one full rest is taken in a fortnight.

If a rest period is over 9 hours but less than 11 hours, it will count as a reduced daily rest period and therefore as one of three allowed in that week. – a HGV driver can opt to reduce their daily rest to 9 hours a day but no more than three times in a week.This can be taken in two periods, the first must be a minimum of 3 hours uninterrupted and the second of a minimum of 9 hours (and so totalling a minimum of 12 hours if split). In addition to 45-minute breaks every 4.5 hours of driving, drivers must also comply with the working time directive rules around rest periods. The EU drivers’ hours regulations state that only split breaks that show the second break as lasting 30 minutes can be allowed. – Breaks of less than 15 minutes will not qualify as breaks and neither can they count as driving time.– A break can be split in to two, the first must be 15 minutes and the second 30 minutes but both must be completed after 4.5 hours of driving.The 4.5 driving hours can either be continuous or a total of shorter driving periods up to 4.5 hours. – immediately after 4.5 driving hours a driver must take a break unless they begin a rest period.– a 45-minute break after 4.5 hours driving.There are strict yet complicated regulations around how breaks are taken within EU driving hours and these state that a driver must take:

