We have an oddity here with registrations in differe nt states.
Compulsory third party insurance Is tied to registrations. CTP covers personal injurythat a driver may be liable for. Victoria has a different scheme, but it meets the national requirements. A NSW registered trailer cannot tow a Queensland registered trailer. In Queensland the CTP insurance on any vehicle covers any trailer(s) that vehicle is towing. In NSW the CTP insurance is paid in the registration of each individual vehicle. Ergo, a Queensland regoed prime mover can tow a NSW regoed trailer, but not vise versa. This also technically means no Queensland regoed trailer, be it semi, caravan, boat or box etc. trailer cannot be parked on any road or road related area unless attached to a Queensland registered motor vehicle. BP woke up to this and have signs in all their truckstops, stating that no Queensland regoed trailer is to be left unattached.
It can get complex trying to ibe legal in every state at once.
I used to hear about British drivers in a foreign truck and they arrive at the customerâs address in the UK for the irate fork lift driver or goods in staff to verbally abuse him assuming he is a foreign driver, and as you said, they soon changed their tune when they realised he is English.
That sounds a nightmare, do they call the plates tags, i thought I heard the police mention the vehicle they pulled over has no tag when I was watching the police documentaries on the telly box?
with the roads as bad as they are now, and schedules punishing, I seldom feel like playing silly beggars, just want to get un/loaded and away again after my break.
but maybe one day I will try my hand at broken spanish or german and see what reaction I get 
Else hand them a communist party leaflet and say âHave you heard the good news comrade, when we overthrow the fascist oppressors, we can then enjoy the just fruits of our labours without paying for their golden palaces in the skyâ
I can highly recommend putting on a foreign accent to see how they react.
@Stuar no, we call them number plates, or plates for short.
Tags is an American term, but itâs disgusting how Americanisms are polluting our language. Mom, swing by, buddy, etc., etc.. 
No worries.
Am I right in thinking if you got pulled up for having not taken a full 45 weekly rest when required, that your truck would be detained for sufficient time that you would be leaving with a fresh 45 under your belt? Would leave the question of where youâd be sleeping now the cab isnât an option.
Not one Iâve experienced, the closest Iâve come is being close to getting locked in the compound overnight if the fitter hadnât fixed me up in time.
If Iâve got it right, you can stay in the cab for 45hrs, but it will only count as a 24 under the rules.
If a 45hr is needed than an hotel is the answer. And a taxi to get there of needed. And a secure park for the vehicle.
Operating trucks costs money and weekend rest is a perfectly foreseeable expense nowadays. Those who do not budget for it are undercutting the legit operators who do.
Years ago I spent many weekends in the cab and enjoyed most of them. But the rules have changed, and so it goes, and so it goes.
No more 45 off in the cab, I hear the authorities are checking a few weeks back for evidence of not staying in the cab in the form of the receipt for accommodation.
What happens if there is no accommodation available in the area?
I also hear the authorities knock the cab doors to check if the driver is inside on a 45 off.
What happens if there is no parking?
With 5 minutes of forward thinking there should be no issues. If necessary get a cab.
It is not rocket science.
And it probably only applies to the second weekend away. The first weekend, even if you are actually off for 45 or 60, you probably only need a 24, so are OK in the cab.
Oh ffs,âŚitâs a pity ââthe authoritesââ had nowt better to do eh?
Wasnât it all this crap was set about to protect the likes of EE drivers being abused, if so I get that, but a blanket ban on everybody?
When I was weekended I much prefered the home comforts of my own cab as long as I could get a showerâŚwhy would I want to book in somewhere when everything I wanted was in my cab.
Away months at a time fair enough, but a couple of weeks?
I reckon if I was still doing European Iâd be putting that on my âââ â â â that for a game of soldiers listââ and cabbing it.
I think they banned having a 45 hour weekly rest in the cab if it was required for the tachograph rules due to the large presence of EE drivers who would not pay for parking or the employers refused to pay for it then dump their trucks near to local residents then they would complain about the area being used as a public toilet.
Plus no access to a shower or hot food even though they cook from the kitchen fitted at the side of their trailers.
Another dilemma is the EE lads like a few drinks on their time off and perhaps the locals wrote to the local members of parliament and maybe it got it bit carried away with drivers having a party.
Perhaps they left bags of rubbish, but we canât tar everyone with the same brush with a few bad apples that spoil it for the rest.
I used to like my weekends off in the cab as well, the trick was to forward plan to find that ideal spot with a decent restaurant, shower, and maybe something scenic nearby to get the bike out, or even a lake or river nearby for a dip in the summer months.
I discovered some medieval villages and towns with castles and chateauâs.
Concerts in Spain, a few times.
Probably the best one was the TIR park at Irun, then a 30 minute or more walk to the French beach in Hendaye.
There were hotels all over Europe that let lorries park in the car park or they had dedicated areas for the heavies.
On the road from Valencia to Pamplona there was a short cut that avoided Zaragoza, via La Almunia de DonĂŁ Godina to Ricla to MagallĂłn, with some stunning scenery and hardly any traffic police floating around.
There was a weigh bridge around there somewhere which could be a downer if over weight with tiles from Onda and Valencia.
Some hotels on this route with big swimming pools,I would see all nationalities of drivers enjoying their weekend frolicking in the water.
If anyone was lucky to be stuck near one of those massive water parks in Spain then that would be fun with slides and wave machines.
As long as you didnât open the door and pretend not to be in the cab they canât force themselves in to smash the window or break the locks, when they come knocking, it would be fine.
I would treat myself to a hotel room to have the air conditioning, in the summer and a room in the winter if the night heater was playing up, a hot bath was very nice.
Use the laundry machines.
The hotels abroad had a driverâs discount.
If stuck in Brescia in Italy they had a car hire company of which is ideal for a driver on their time off to explore the Italian lakes, they could club together to share the car rental cost.
A 5 day driving ban in Italy, no problem, used the leisure centre in Aosta for a swim, steam room and sauna and get the cable car up to the snowy mountains to watch everyone having fun as I canât ski.
I got banned on a dry slope near Cheddar and got injured several times.
Narrow and dustyâŚ
Lots of slow agricultural machinery, tractors and combines but if not in a hurry it was ok.
The first time I went through Daroca it was either late at night or early morning and I thought I was hallucinating and seeing dead bodies hanging from the side of the road, it was the legs of ham that were curing, gave me a fright though.
