Don't sleep in a non sleeper cab in Belgium!

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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I’ve done this all over eu for 9 yrs, yeah I know its illegal but often circumstances have dictated it&is still a comfy bed & have curtains.

Belgian vosa eqv got me at leige, I was 2 hrs from destination, & 2.5hrs left dt but was 2am tunnel & traffic delays put me well behind, roasting hot day was shattered & day sleeping wasnt really gunna happen.

Anyway nice fella but still the fine structure there is €100 per missed 30 mins of rest! I needed a 9 so they consider not in a proper bunk as no rest! = €1800! Gulp!

Long story short I somehow didnt get the full whack, that would smart somewhat! But needless to say I shan’t be doing it again in a hurry!

Oh another one for you I have always pulled card (old school pre 56plate discs) out at night as bloomin tacho does it’s noise all night, pull card, leave open & it doesn’t, anyway they realky didn’t like that either despite no an inch moved, pah, so can’t do that anymore, need better earplugs!

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iguana:
I’ve done this all over eu for 9 yrs, yeah I know its illegal but often circumstances have dictated it&is still a comfy bed & have curtains.

Running bent is ok on this forum :wink:
It’s English grammer which is main issue! This week.

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iguana:
Oh another one for you I have always pulled card (old school pre 56plate discs) out at night as bloomin tacho does it’s noise all night, pull card, leave open & it doesn’t

Make sure the mode for the second driver/card is also set to rest and it doesn’t make the noise.

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chester:

iguana:
I’ve done this all over eu for 9 yrs, yeah I know its illegal but often circumstances have dictated it&is still a comfy bed & have curtains.

Running bent is ok on this forum :wink:
It’s English grammer which is main issue! This week.

I agree that the written English needs correcting ,…but its spelt grammar` ! :unamused:

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

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Coffeeholic:

iguana:
Oh another one for you I have always pulled card (old school pre 56plate discs) out at night as bloomin tacho does it’s noise all night, pull card, leave open & it doesn’t

Make sure the mode for the second driver/card is also set to rest and it doesn’t make the noise.

Knowledge is power.

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cattle wagon man:

chester:

iguana:
I’ve done this all over eu for 9 yrs, yeah I know its illegal but often circumstances have dictated it&is still a comfy bed & have curtains.

Running bent is ok on this forum :wink:
It’s English grammer which is main issue! This week.

I agree that the written English needs correcting ,…but its spelt grammar` ! :unamused:

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

Another grammar policeman. What a fun job :unamused:

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I leave a blank disc in the second driver tray and leave that on rest, this apparently will also cover you if you have an electrical outage on the truck somehow :confused: Scania did explain it to me …once quickly…me no listen properly :blush:
Anyway it shuts up the brrrrrrrr, chick…brrrrrr noise but then so do earplugs :laughing:

I always take my disc out at night (UK) as how else could you record you end and start destinations :confused: also a disc can not be left in for more than 24 hours anyway.

I think you knew the rules and your time was up as you got collared guv :wink:

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Drift:
I always take my disc out at night (UK) as how else could you record you end and start destinations :confused:

in the morning, when changing the chart, possibly? you won’t be very popular on the continent, if you don’t leave it in for the night.

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When i was on Euro, if i started early, e.g 03.00, i would fill in a blank disc and put it in when i parked up, e.g 18.00… that way i would’nt have to get up at 03.00 to change the card over.