1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186 
Off-road 'is not driving time' says Vasa
Page 7
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has been assured byVosa that driving off the public road does not have to be recorded as driving time for the purpose of the new hours regs.
Vosa says the movements which do not need to be recorded as driving time include: • A truck moving a load on a journey starting and finishing within a site which does not involve using the public highway • A tractor unit moving within a distribution depot after it has been uncoupled from a trailer, up to the point that it re-couples to that or another trailer.
Jack Semple, RHA head of policy, says: "This will be very welcome by some operators, though it is not going to have a huge impact on the industry.
"Vosa has now given more clarification as to how it understands some of the regulations. There are still one or two issues with a number of details which are not clear in the regulations, and we are continuing to pursue clarification."
• The RHA has called on the Highways Agency to stop the implementation of two LGV overtaking bans on the Al(M) which are due to start on 28 Mardi, Semple says: "The overtaking han on the M42 was supposed to be a test — but no one has so far discussed the results of the trials. This is very unsatisfactory."