Hi all I am fearly new to driving lgv I passed my class 2 in August and class 1 yesterday witch I am happy about lol anyway last week I was on the road and I went over my 4.5 hours by 5 minutes due to couldn’t find anywhere to stop I allready got half hour in at 2hours 15 any info would be a help to is it a big no no or just a warning sort of thin Tia
You should have done a printout at the time that you stopped and written an explanation on it.
Going over your driving time is always a no no but as long as it’s not a regular occurrence you should be OK, just hope you don’t get checked by a really ■■■■ DVSA bod.
Congratulations on the C+E 
Won’t they take in to consideration that I have allready had 30 mins brake and cheers mate
No , you needed another 30 minutes minimum at 4.5 hrs having a break before 4.5 hrs does not extend driving time
New trucker:
Won’t they take in to consideration that I have allready had 30 mins brake and cheers mate
Hopefully yes, but you was still 30 minutes short of the break you should have had.
I wouldn’t worry about it, in the unlikely event that you get stopped if it’s a one off you should be OK and get nothing more than a friendly warning to be more careful, if you’re directly employed you will of course get an infringement from your company, but that’s nothing to bother about.
I understand it dosent extend driving time but 30 mins is surely better than none at all beleive me it won’t be happening again 
I’ve just realised that you’ve double posted the same topic.
Perhaps a mod merge the two threads.
Makes no difference 30 mins break or no break exceeding 4.5 hrs is big no no , ofc it happens, do a printout explain on back reason and try not to make it a habit , but don’t lose sleep over it .
As it’s been said your over without the required break the same would be if you had 40min at your 1st stop you were only 5 min short of the 45 but still in breach and the fines if given would still be the same …
Again get that break in start panning and looking at the 4hr mark at least .
I’m lucky on nights o the work I do I can plan where and when I stop as I have numerous stopping points before the motorway and then service areas about 20min apart …
Plan plan plan …