Q Could you clarify a few points for me
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regarding drivers' hours on F-licensed vehicles? Do vehicles licensed as such have to abide by the new driving hours, and have a log kept, if the owner carries only his own goods, ie the carriage of livestock and hauling grain from the fields to the store? This involves travelling on the highway.
In the case of livestock, what is the position regarding driving hours if two drivers are sent on one vehicle?
AThe new drivers' hours of work and the new regulations regarding keeping of records do apply to drivers of vehicles licensed as Farmers Goods.
There are some concessions for drivers of vehicles engaged in the carriage of livestock, namely that a 14-hour spreadover is allowed instead of the 124hours with normal traffic, but the maximum daily on-duty time is restricted to 10 hours instead of the usual 11 hours. The rest period between working days is 11 hours. The total weekly on-duty time is 66 hours in this case and the rest period is 24 hours to be taken within four weeks.
Drivers of vehicles engaged on driving work solely in connection with the removal of agricultural produce from agricultural premises immediately after it has been harvested, are allowed a maximum on-duty period of 14 hours per day (only 10 hours of which may be driving time) and a spreadover period of 14 hours. The rest period between working days remains at 11 hours and the weekly off-duty period remains at 24 hours. The total weekly hours of duty is 60 hours as normal.
There is no advantage in using two drivers when carrying livestock because neither of them may be on-duty for more than 10 hours and if both travel in the vehicle they will be on-duty for the same length of time. The only way an advantage could be gained would be to change drivers at some convenient place on the journey.