Tacho went in today at 05:45
Started driving at 06:05
Finished today at 17:05
Total driving time 8hours.
Am I legal to start at 0430 tomorrow morning to get home early?
Got a fellow driver saying if I start driving before 06:05 tomorrow morning and go over 2 hours driving I’ll be going over my 10 hours driving in a 24hr period?
I was under the impression that the rest in this case around 11 hours It should reset my 24 hour period nd driving time. Would this also be the case for the reduced 9 hour rest period?
Just a case of two different drivers having different interpretations of the rules
Ignore your fellow driver he’s not got a clue,fine to do as you say fella.
You could actually start at 2:05am providing you haven’t already reduced twice already this week.
I haven’t got a clue where this fellow driver has got his logic from
On the face of it, you could start again at 0405 having had 11 hours daily rest. But if you’ve got a reduced rest available to you you could start at 0205.
Because you are starting a new shift ie after a daily rest, there is no problem with driving time as your informant has intimated.
As I understand current regs a daily rest period resets the daily driving time. So tomorrow morning you`re clear to go. Several years (2004■■) ago some police forces in various countries DID operate as your mate suggests, but no longer.
