the maoster:
Carryfast:
From memory some trucks were also fitted with the automatic analogue type tachos which switched between ‘other work’ and driving based on movement.
So stopped in traffic etc obviously created the situation of a false record being made on the chart.Bearing in mind there was no way to select driving manually.
The things were a total liability.How exactly was a false record created? If the wheels are rolling you are driving. If the wheels aren’t rolling you are in attendance but you are not physically moving/driving. Therefore by extension a driver in a vehicle that is in stationary traffic is carrying out “other work”. An aircraft on the ground is not flying, it’s a relatively simple concept.
It’s a false record because waiting and queuing in traffic etc in charge of a vehicle on the highway, as opposed to correctly parked, is driving not other work.
I don’t ever remember being told to switch a manual tacho to other work when waiting in traffic at traffic lights or at junctions to save driving time.Just as it’s illegal to use a mobile phone when waiting in traffic etc it’s still considered as driving in both cases.
By your logic you could book being stopped at a level crossing or every set of red traffic traffic lights as other work.Or if it’s a 15 minute or 30 minute hold up on the motorway, as break so long as you’re using the phone to watch YouTube and eating a sandwich.Good luck with that.