Am currently broken down in Bradford in the merc dealer I have had my card in for just over an hour but have not moved or anything, can I remove my card and re insert it later on in the day if it means me getting home or will it still count towards my daily duty time unless I have a daily rest of 11 hours ?
Yes you can remove your card and re-insert it later, all you do is complete a manual entry when you re-insert your card.
If you are doing other work or p.o.a just enter the times accordingly just remember that after 6 hours with the tacho showing other work you will need to record a 30 minute break. Once you have inserted the card after a daily or weekly rest that is the start of your duty period.
If you’ve done nothing this morning you could remove the card and start your shift
only when you do actually do something.
This is assuming that nothing has been recorded on the card.
Insertion and removal of a card does not necessarily indicate that you’ve started any work.