I’ve noticed that there’s a number of people with real jobs who only drive at weekends. Just being nosey really, what do you do Monday - Friday and how come you’re driving at weekends.
I’m a professional engineer.
Why do I drive? Because I like the challenge, I want to get some experience, and the particular industry I’m in can be very volatile, and if the worst happens and I still need to pay the bills, it gives me the ability to get short-term temporary work doing something I like, rather than traditional stuff like stacking shelves in the local Tesco which would drive me nuts.
And, above all, I actually enjoy it…
In some ways, it’s a “hobby” which has the added bonus of money arriving in my bank account 
8wheels:
I’ve noticed that there’s a number of people with real jobs who only drive at weekends
Of course, some would say that driving is a “real job” - it’s certainly much harder work than my “real job”…
so how does that work out for you weekend drivers on the tax band ie second job
Usually BR…i.e. emergency tax.
I’m a logistics consultant. Driving keeps my hand in at the “sharp” end. Well thats what I tell the clients. I just like getting out to different parts of the country.
i am a mainframe analyst working 4 days on 4 days off & do the trucking on my days off, IT is like any other industry layoffs all the time & the extra money from trucking helps pay the Xwife.
teddy_0781:
so how does that work out for you weekend drivers on the tax band ie second job
As Sockpuppet says, you can ask the second employer to use tax code “BR” which means that everything is taxed at basic rate with no allowances, which works up to a total earnings of somewhere in the region of £36k.
Alternatively, you can just send off the P60s to HMRC at the end of the year, and they’ll either send you a bill for the tax you haven’t paid, or adjust your tax code for your main job to claw it back over the following year.
Main reason is I enjoy it!
I’m a “Senior Systems Analyst” a vague title that in my case that involves computer communications & security. The job pays well but not enough for me to fund my old lorries so i let someone else provide the diesel to let me drive theirs and get payed for it too. The money comes in handy now but as things are very unstable in my current role its nice to know I can still earn if they lay me off. I’m not committed to anything and work when I feel like it, typically alternate weekends so always enjoy my days out and keep my skills up to date.
It’s what I wanted to do when i left school but in the years before i was old enough to get a licence I drifted into IT. I’d gladly become a driver full time if I could afford it but at the moment my day job is just too easy to give up!
Also, in answer to the tax thingy it’s simple as long as the extra earning won’t put you over the next tax band. Last year we had a BIG bonus that put me into 40% so advised tax office and they adcised agency to use D0. This year I’m back down to something sensible so BR.
All you need to do is call the tax office, tell them how much you’ll expect to earn in your main job and ask them to send the agency a P6. You don’t need to tell your main employer.
I find that my tax is now calculated correctly but they seem unable to get the NI right. In practice the weeks I pay too much are balanced by the weeks I pay too little so I just keep an eye on it to make sure I don’t end up with a big bill at the end of the year.
mon - fri steering wheel jockey.
weekends
trolley pusher,kids taxi,wk end gardner,dog walker etc
sorry to be a kill joy but any work driving or otheir wise must be recorded by tachograph if employed in another capacity you must write out a manual card all work undertaken in the week ie hours worked daily breaks must be recorded if stopped by vosa ni number run through the computer you might have some explainig to do the rules changed earlier this year
hi all
i am an adult guidance officer of a day, after leaving the industry 4 yrs ago
i drive at the weekend to keep the ex wife haha
regards
ricky
How can people who have worked Mon/Fri. do it without breaking tacho laws.
I was prosecuted for taking a truck for new tyres one saturday morning then operating a bulldozer for the next week. Fined £50 because I had put a card in for the 2 hours I was with the truck Ministery said I came under their rules for the remainder of the week and should have worked to their rest periods.
Thames trader:
How can people who have worked Mon/Fri. do it without breaking tacho laws.
Easily, as long as you’re careful with the hours.
Up until April, you could theoretically work 1 day every weekend, depending on your start and finish times.
e.g. Work 9-5 Mon-Fri, then 6am-6pm Sat. 6pm Sat->9am Mon is the weekly rest (39 hours), which means that you had to compensate for the 6-hour reduction. The compensation could usually be taken during the following week, e.g. 5pm Monday-9am Tuesday is a 16-hour rest, which you can take as a 10-hour reduced daily rest plus the 6-hour compensation for the weekend The 1-hour daily rest reduction is then compensated for on Tuesday night.
However, if the weekly rest was reduced to the minimum 36 hours, it was usually difficult to compensate for during the week, and eventually required a whole weekend to be taken off.
You also couldn’t work Sunday one weekend and Saturday the following weekend. However, I managed 5 weekends in a row at one point.
However, since the rule changes on in April, you can only work alternate weekends (unless you can still fit in a full 45-hour rest, which under the above example means limiting the shift to either 2am-11am Saturday or 3pm-midnight Sunday, which isn’t realistic).
But, the rule changes do mean that a Saturday night trunk run is possible, whereas it wasn’t under the old rules.
You’re also still limited to a maximum of one shift per weekend.
yes one shift a week (more agencey drivers required i think) under the hours you quated but how many work 9-5 and work 2 shifts or more at the weekend
Sockpuppet:
I’m a logistics consultant.
but you’ve only just taken your CPCs? that’ll be about right these days 
MrFlibble:
Thames trader:
How can people who have worked Mon/Fri. do it without breaking tacho laws.Easily, as long as you’re careful with the hours.
You’re also still limited to a maximum of one shift per weekend.
Equally, you could just keep schtum about your regular job. The Ministry don’t work weekends anyway.
jj72:
Sockpuppet:
I’m a logistics consultant.but you’ve only just taken your CPCs? that’ll be about right these days
Don’t sit on the fence JJ
MrFlibble:
Thames trader:
How can people who have worked Mon/Fri. do it without breaking tacho laws.Easily, as long as you’re careful with the hours.
Up until April, you could theoretically work 1 day every weekend, depending on your start and finish times.
e.g. Work 9-5 Mon-Fri, then 6am-6pm Sat. 6pm Sat->9am Mon is the weekly rest (39 hours), which means that you had to compensate for the 6-hour reduction. The compensation could usually be taken during the following week, e.g. 5pm Monday-9am Tuesday is a 16-hour rest, which you can take as a 10-hour reduced daily rest plus the 6-hour compensation for the weekend The 1-hour daily rest reduction is then compensated for on Tuesday night.
However, if the weekly rest was reduced to the minimum 36 hours, it was usually difficult to compensate for during the week, and eventually required a whole weekend to be taken off.
You also couldn’t work Sunday one weekend and Saturday the following weekend. However, I managed 5 weekends in a row at one point.
However, since the rule changes on in April, you can only work alternate weekends (unless you can still fit in a full 45-hour rest, which under the above example means limiting the shift to either 2am-11am Saturday or 3pm-midnight Sunday, which isn’t realistic).
But, the rule changes do mean that a Saturday night trunk run is possible, whereas it wasn’t under the old rules.
You’re also still limited to a maximum of one shift per weekend.
But surely under the new rules ( as stated already ) you have to fill out a manual tacho for every day you worked even if you didn’t drive.
Also ( another posting ) the ministery may not work weekends but if you have a serious accident even at the weekend I think there is every possibility that they could be involved.
mark croft:
mon - fri steering wheel jockey.weekends
trolley pusher,kids taxi,wk end gardner,dog walker etc
you forgot beer taster, and kipper hunter
I am a civil servant full time and do an average of 39 hrs per week so I do shifts for a couple of agencies / mates but only one long shift every couple of weeks which should even me out to 48hrs per week.
Currently because of other commitments havent done any driving for 4 weeks and will not do any of another 4.
Use the extra cash for biking bits and taking the wife out to nice places.