The rules for driving working and rest time says: 15 min break you have to take before 6h work and drive, the other 30 min before 9h work and drive if you have not driven more then 4.5h.
How its works if you have a shift only for 7.5h.
I have got infringement for insufficient brake because I did only 15 min. brake before end of 6h work and drive. I did not take 30 min because I finished my shift.
Can you please help me to understand this situation. I think I did everything correctly.
Thank you for sensible answers.
If your working time is more than 6 hours but not more than 9 hours you need a total of 30 minutes break.
This can be split into two breaks of 15 minutes each if you prefer.
Sorry but the infringement is correct.
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As above. If your shift is longer than 6hrs but less than 9 you have to have 30 minutes break. Your shift was 7.5hrs so you needed 30 minutes break in total, at least 15 of those minutes to be taken before 6hrs. If you do the same shift again take a 30 minute break instead of a 15 minute one.
The following day when doing your manual entries, were you to show 5 minutes other work, then 15 minutes break followed by another 5 minutes work before you went on your daily rest, would this be enough to stop the WTD infringement?
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damoq:
The following day when doing your manual entries, were you to show 5 minutes other work, then 15 minutes break followed by another 5 minutes work before you went on your daily rest, would this be enough to stop the WTD infringement?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes it would, in fact just a minute other work after the break would still be legal.
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damoq:
The following day when doing your manual entries, were you to show 5 minutes other work, then 15 minutes break followed by another 5 minutes work before you went on your daily rest, would this be enough to stop the WTD infringement?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes it would, in fact just a minute other work after the break would still be legal.
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Quite often I’ve had to have a 15 minute break at the depot before I can go home. Seems daft, but rules are rules.
There’s 2 parts to the wtd breaks.
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The 6 hour rule
you can’t work more than 6 hours at any point without a 15 min break, a break of 15 or more allows you to work upto another 6 hours before needing another 15 min break. This works the same as driving 4.5 hours and a 45. (Only driving and other work count as working time) -
The total break
This is dependent on the amount of working time in the shift, only driving and other work count as working time for the wtd.
0-6 hours of working time = 0 break required
Over 6 but not over 9 = 30 mins of break/s
Over 9 = 45 mins of break/s required.
A shift can only be have 1 of the 3 apply, so ignore the other 2
Breaks can be taken anywhere in the shift to count towards the total required, except the very beginning or end of the shift, so each break must have at least 1 min of work either side of it and they must be at least 15 mins long to count.
So anyone who drives over 4.5 hours in a shift will have a 45 for that and tick the total break box for any shift, so all they’ll need to worry about is the 6 hour rule.
This is the extreme example of what is legal
Work 6
Break 15
Work 6
Break 15
Work 2:14
Break 15
Work 1 min