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Q I was interested to see in CM April 27, the
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reply to a reader who proposed to take his 5cwt van on a Continental holiday. 1, too, propose to follow the same holiday plan with a vehicle in which I have installed seats for 10 people. Am 1, too, in the position of being a private motorist on holiday? The passengers will not be paying fares for the trip.
ASince the answer to the reader's query
published on April 27 was written, The Drivers' Hours (Passenger and Goods Vehicles) (International Rules) Regulations 1973 Statutory Instrument No 379 have been published. This has no effect on the answer already given but drivers of all passenger vehicles with more than nine seats as well as goods vehicles over 3.5 metric tons laden are now subject to the European Economic Community rules governing driving time, rest periods and records whether they are driving vehicles used for hire and reward work or not.
So far as you are concerned, because your vehicle has more than nine seats, you may drive only eight hours in a day, must take a break of 30 minutes at least after four hours driving (or alternatively more frequent and shorter breaks which must add to at least 30min) and have at least 10 hours rest between eight-hour driving periods.
You must also have a break from driving (rest period) of 24 consecutive hours in every seven days. It will be necessary, therefore, for you to keep a record in the prescribed form, that is in the Europeantype controlbook, while you are driving on holiday.