Noremac:
Roymondo:
You cannot (legally) use POA unless you know in advance roughly how long it will take.You cannot (legally) use Break if you are required to assist or monitor unloading, or deal with queries/discrepancies, make phone calls or complete paperwork.
For all practical purposes, you can do either (or some combination of both).
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Indeed, a driver is put in a predicament not of his / her making. It could even possibly be argued that a driver having to give the keys to a third party means he / she is no longer in control of the vehicle for this time and could justifiably argue that he / she should remove the card. However valid that stance may be, the action of doing so may attract attention and questions from either the operator or the DVSA.
The (legally correct) approach would be to set the tacho to whatever mode fits with the situation at the point you leave the cab to hand the keys in, then if necessary do a handwritten entry once you are able to return to the cab to correct any incorrectly recorded activity.
But (almost) no-one ever does that…