Tipperdipper1:
Anyway there r companies out there which won’t rescue the driver after 15 hrs because legally it’s not allowed. I also companies which don’t have soo much “red tape” and these rescue and pay their drivers till they back at the depot.
Red tape? you make it sound like the DHR are a minor inconvenience rather than a prosecutable offence if not followed correctly, I don’t give a flying [zb] what the companies outlook is, if it’s not legal it’s not legal.
The driver should not let himself get bullied into the position of being stranded out of hours, he had 15 hrs to get back to the yard, it’s totally irrelevant whether the load got delivered or collected within that time frame, he knows he’s a day driver without night out gear and the company should know he’s a day driver without night out gear, either they allow him to divert back to base or do a changeover with enough time to still get back to base in a 15 or they pay for that driver to spend the night in a travelodge, no ifs nor buts and certainly not dependent on how much “red tape” the company are prepared to circumvent!