Apologies if this question has been answered before:
I’m doing a driving job that seldom requires more than 4 hours of driving, but quite a bit of ‘other work’ loading the truck. I usually do between 7 & 7.5 hours per shift.
The question is, how much break should I take? I assumed that, because the driving time was low, the WTD would pertain and I’d need to take 30 mins of break in my 7 hour shift. However, a colleague told me it should be 45 mins. A generalised table stated that driver hours takes precidence, but does that apply if the amount of driving time is below 4.5hrs?
Cycleboy:
Apologies if this question has been answered before:
I’m doing a driving job that seldom requires more than 4 hours of driving, but quite a bit of ‘other work’ loading the truck. I usually do between 7 & 7.5 hours per shift.
The question is, how much break should I take? I assumed that, because the driving time was low, the WTD would pertain and I’d need to take 30 mins of break in my 7 hour shift. However, a colleague told me it should be 45 mins. A generalised table stated that driver hours takes precidence, but does that apply if the amount of driving time is below 4.5hrs?
30 mins which can be 2 x 15 mins IF the actual work in that shift is over 6 hours - I assume it would be
Your 45 should always be 50 mins,your 30 mins should always be 35 mins and your 15 mins should always be 20 mins according too our d/t .it shows good practise if stopped by vosa .
dozy:
Your 45 should always be 50 mins,your 30 mins should always be 35 mins and your 15 mins should always be 20 mins according too our d/t .it shows good practise if stopped by vosa .
Your driver trainer is a ■■■■ tbh Dozy. Maybe the Company want you to work that way, but there’s absolutely no legal requirement to do so. Now I’m not advocating minimum breaks (God knows I don’t do that), but following your d/t’s reasoning we’d MOT our cars every 10 months (just to be on the safe side) and opt for the most expensive insurance policy because it surely must be the best.
dozy:
Your 45 should always be 50 mins,your 30 mins should always be 35 mins and your 15 mins should always be 20 mins according too our d/t .it shows good practise if stopped by vosa .
Your driver trainer is a ■■■■ tbh Dozy. Maybe the Company want you to work that way, but there’s absolutely no legal requirement to do so. Now I’m not advocating minimum breaks (God knows I don’t do that), but following your d/t’s reasoning we’d MOT our cars every 10 months (just to be on the safe side) and opt for the most expensive insurance policy because it surely must be the best.
dozy:
Your 45 should always be 50 mins,your 30 mins should always be 35 mins and your 15 mins should always be 20 mins according too our d/t .it shows good practise if stopped by vosa .
Your driver trainer is a ■■■■ tbh Dozy. Maybe the Company want you to work that way, but there’s absolutely no legal requirement to do so. Now I’m not advocating minimum breaks (God knows I don’t do that), but following your d/t’s reasoning we’d MOT our cars every 10 months (just to be on the safe side) and opt for the most expensive insurance policy because it surely must be the best.
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I really can’t see any DVSA bod giving a toss whether you have 5 minutes more break than required or time it to the second, if it’s legal it’s legal and that’s about all they should be interested in.
dozy:
Your 45 should always be 50 mins,your 30 mins should always be 35 mins and your 15 mins should always be 20 mins according too our d/t .it shows good practise if stopped by vosa .
Your driver trainer is a ■■■■ tbh Dozy. Maybe the Company want you to work that way, but there’s absolutely no legal requirement to do so. Now I’m not advocating minimum breaks (God knows I don’t do that), but following your d/t’s reasoning we’d MOT our cars every 10 months (just to be on the safe side) and opt for the most expensive insurance policy because it surely must be the best.
I suppose at least your going on the side of caution, albeit for wrong reasons. Wish in past I worked for companies that wanted you to take longer breaks. To say breaks “should always be” is wrong. He should’ve said “although there’s no benefit, we want you to take longer” because of course, DVSA are robots to rules. They have no emotion and are actually full of wires inside. Appealing to common sense either when encroaching rules or actually going overboard is a pure waste of time in my experience.