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TA assesses est of shorter riving hours
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4N attempt to assess the 'a cost of adopting the 8-hour driving day and )ciated rules, the Freight nsport Association is ng 200 members to Dly details of the work e by drivers and vehicles [lig a week in January year.
he Association is seekdeferment of the date wary 1 next year) when -..' hours rules will apply ie UK, the main plank of case being that the ntry simply cannot rd the extra costs which new hours rules would g.
he week commencing uary 13, 1975 has been ;en as the one for which rating information is tired, since it was Lively free from adverse ither or labour Jitions.
he questionnaire inds members that, er the EEC rules, drivers goods vehicles will be ted to 8 hours driving in 24 (though this may be 9 rs twice a week for other "large" vehicles) and that the weekly driving limit will be 48 hours and the fortnightly limit 92 hours. Drivers of non-rigid goods vehicles over 20 tons gcw, or vehicles towing trailers, would not be allowed to exceed 281 miles between daily rest periods unless accompanied by a second driver.
The questionnaire refers only to vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gvw (below which the EEC rules will not apply) and it asks operators to give details of hours worked per driver, average payment including overtime, and the estimated number of drivers required and payment involved for the same work if it were done under the EEC rules.