any one no if you leave a job and start another does the average hours just carry on on start again or do companys all operate there ref period the same cheers
It should in theory carry on.
As I’m on a roll with my guesses tonight I’ll have a punt at this. As answered above it should in theory carry on, however, following the paper trail would be at best difficult, so it’d be fair to say that unless you were on a digi card any previous would be null and void.
Quite similar to analogue tachos where unscrupulous drivers would work 7 days on the bounce for two different companies but keep the discs in separate folders!
Apparently.
A very good question!
Each company is likely to have a different referrence period.
You have a legal obligation to inform each operator of any working hours carried out for another operator - therefore you would in theory inform your new operator of your previous working hours. Each operator must by law provide you with such information upon request.
The new operator would put your working hours into their refference period and calculate the 48 hours from there and act accordingly.
However - in the ‘real world’ it aint gonna happen. DVSA cannot calculate the average at the roadside as they do not know the reference period being used, which could be fixed, rolling, 17 to 26 weeks etc
Another alternative is to start with an average of 48 in your first week.
bald bloke:
Another alternative is to start with an average of 48 in your first week.
Or lower 
Please sir, a little deeper…
Do you bring your own lube??
i no no ones really arsed about it i just wondered that’s all in saying that i bet if you where unfortunate enough to have an accident that was serious i bet they would start looking at your working time then