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Countdown To New Hours Rules
New drivers' hours regulations are on the way. To help digest them, Pat Hagan focuses on the 10 things you need to know. I t's 22 years since the EU published the first set of......
1. Daily And Weekly Driving Firstly,daily Driving Limits...
same. Drivers can still do nine hours a day, extendable to 10 hours twice a week. As for weekly limits. although current rules don't actually state a limit, in practice it has......
2. Driving Breaks
At the moment, a driver's compulsory 45-minute break for every four-and-a-half hours of driving can be split into three 15-minute segments. From April, though, it can be only......
3. Daily Rest Rules This Is One Of The Biggest
areas of change. Bosses currently have to compensate drivers with extra breaks after they have reduced their 11-hour rest period to a minimum of nine hours, three times in one......