If you’ve ever struggled trying to unravel drivers’ hours law, then more help will soon be at hand. Truck & Driver, is giving away a free copy of the official VOSA Drivers’ Hours and Tachograph DVD with its latest edition (March coverdate) published on 7 February. The DVD explains British and EU Drivers’ Hours and Tachograph rules, providing need-to-know important information for both drivers and their bosses. It includes sections on EU, AETR and UK Domestic regs plus tachograph rules, UK enforcement information and other available information sources.
The information is in English and Welsh and if your company employs foreign drivers the DVD also includes versions in French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Spanish! So for all drivers who want the definitive reference source for staying legal on drivers’ hours,
T&D’s March edition (priced £2.60) has it. And if you’ve got one of those governors who either insist they already know the law, or keep passing the buck back to you tell them to watch it! They might learn something…
dieseldave:
I think the jury is out until Coffeeholic gets back.
Why ?
Drivers should be encouraged to know the regulations regardless of where the information comes from
Of course, I agree with your comment, but with the caveat that the “information” comes from a reliable source.
TBF, it’s not unknown for “offical” publications to be unintentionally wrong.
(Including “official” publications on dangerous goods )
Sorry tachograph, by my (flippant) comment I meant; how are we supposed to know whether the DVD is any good until the master returns
It’s a fact that Coffeeholic has corrected trainers (including me ) on more than one occasion.
geebee45:
… better then the old video and relatively straight forward to understand, provided you select the correct language
Think there is also due to be a short article in T&D about the 10 most common ‘digital mistakes,’ that VOSA see.
I’m surprised that there’s foreign languages on the DVD at all TBH. It’s nice of you to warn us of that in advance.
Do you think it would be an idea to put similar info to the possible T&D article on the forums once you’ve seen it
I’m guessing that not everybody buys T&D, and I think that kind of info would help anybody to comply, especially those who work for the type of company that just hands a driver a set of key and tells them to get on with it.
I’ve got a copy of the DVD a few weeks ago and yes I’ve watched it, you;re all thinking it must be as good as a ■■■■ DVD for me I bet. It’ gives the information in a clear and easy to understand manner and I would recommend anyone who is unclear on the rules to watch it as it can only help.
I mentioned this DVD in a post a couple of weeks ago, can’t find it now, but I wasn’t sure at the time where it could be obtained from because there is nothing I could find on the VOSA site about it.
Coffeeholic:
I’ve got a copy of the DVD a few weeks ago and yes I’ve watched it, you;re all thinking it must be as good as a ■■■■ DVD for me I bet. It’ gives the information in a clear and easy to understand manner and I would recommend anyone who is unclear on the rules to watch it as it can only help.
I mentioned this DVD in a post a couple of weeks ago, can’t find it now, but I wasn’t sure at the time where it could be obtained from because there is nothing I could find on the VOSA site about it.
hi coffeeholic is there any chance i could buy a copy from you just copy with nero, or where can i get one this would be a great help thanx m8
Coffeeholic:
I’ve got a copy of the DVD a few weeks ago and yes I’ve watched it, you;re all thinking it must be as good as a ■■■■ DVD for me I bet. It’ gives the information in a clear and easy to understand manner and I would recommend anyone who is unclear on the rules to watch it as it can only help.
I mentioned this DVD in a post a couple of weeks ago, can’t find it now, but I wasn’t sure at the time where it could be obtained from because there is nothing I could find on the VOSA site about it.
hi coffeeholic is there any chance i could buy a copy from you just copy with nero, or where can i get one this would be a great help thanx m8
Read the first post in this thread and it will tell you exactly where you can get it.
) on more than one occasion. 