ukthugz:
30 mins over! Why didnt you just stop before ya time was up and explain to your transport office ya running out of time, wont be able to legally make it back but since im close to base can u send out a driver to fetch me back as my alloted hours are up and you dont want to have a night out.At the end of they day your breaking tacho regs just to suit your needs , risking your own licence , risking ya gaffers o licence.
Tacho regs are their for a reason to protect your health and that of other road users. Fair enuff if your stuck on the motorway in stand still stop start traffic and run out of time in that scenario as theirs certain allowances for that, to reach a safe suitable place to park up, not drive 20 - 30 miles down the road to reach your next drop or finish back at base.
GV262 Rules on Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs:
Unforeseen eventsProvided that road safety is not jeopardised, and to enable a driver to reach a suitable stopping place, a departure from the EU rules may be permitted to the extent necessary to ensure the safety of persons, the vehicle or its load. Drivers must note all the reasons for doing so on the back of their tachograph record sheets (if using an analogue tachograph) or on a printout or temporary sheet (if using a digital tachograph) at the latest on reaching the suitable stopping place (see relevant sections covering manual entries). Repeated and regular occurrences, however, might indicate to enforcement officers that employers were not in fact scheduling work to enable compliance with the applicable rules.
A judgment by the European Court of Justice dated 9 November 1995 provides a useful guide to how this provision should be interpreted. It can apply only in cases where it unexpectedly becomes impossible to comply with the rules on drivers’ hours during the course of a journey. In other words, planned breaches of the rules are not allowed. This means that when an unforeseen event occurs, it would be for the driver to decide whether it was necessary to depart from the rules. In doing so, a driver would have to take into account the need to ensure road safety in the process (e.g. when driving a vehicle carrying an abnormal load under the Special Types regulations) and any instruction that may be given by an enforcement officer (e.g. when under police ■■■■■■).
