Q I drive a van which requires a Class III hgv

22nd September 1972, Page 217

22nd September 1972

Page 217

Page 217, 22nd September 1972 — Q I drive a van which requires a Class III hgv

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driving licence. I work Monday to Satarday, having a day off on Tuesday. In the summer lam being asked to work my day off, due to drivers' holidays, and I also drive a I 0 Il2cwt van for approximately 1+ hours every second Sunday. The firm I drive (or will not allow me to do this 1+ hours driving on Sunday if I have been working the previous Tuesday, which was officially my day off. Even iff I had worked my day off; I would only have worked 56 hours for the week, also as the size of ran is only I0112cwt, does this mean that I must still have 24 consecutive hours off duty?

A It is quite clear that your employer is correct in refusing to allow you to

drive for hours on a Sunday if you worked the previous Tuesday. The regulations require that you have at least one period of 24 hours off duty once each week. While the light vehicle which you normally drive at these times is outside the general hours regulations, nevertheless because it is on these occasions driven for your regular employer, then the 1.1 hours would be counted as time on duty for your employer.

Despite the fact that the 1; hours driving would not take you over the 60-hour weekly on-duty limit it would mean that you had no opportunity to have a clear 24 hours off-duty in the week.