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Q I was interested in the CM article in the August
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3 issue about drivers taking trailers to the port for unaccompanied transport to the Continent. As I understand it, a driver who hauls a trailer destined for an overseas journey is liable to work to EEC hours and records rules on that day and for seven days afterwards but my drivers bring such trailers into my depot where they stand till next day for onward transit. As the trailer is to he sent abroad eventually, are the drivers who bring it to my depot subject to EEC Rules?
What about containers: does this ruling apply to them also? Are the rules being enforced by the LA s' eaforeement officers?
AIf your drivers haul a trailer between
two points within the United Kingdom then they are not subject to EEC rules but this, apparently, does not apply if the trailer is for unaccompanied transport to a member country of the EEC and it is delivered to the port. The journey from where it is collected to your depot could be considered as one journey which begins at a point within the UK and ends similarly. In other words the trailer is not being taken for immediate transfer outside the UK territorial limit. The EEC hours and records rules would not then apply to the driver.
The rules do not apply to containers which are not classified as "vehicles".
It is understood that the DoE enforcement staff are pointing out the implications of the EEC rules to operators. They regard the present time as a period during which they will advise operators of their obligations under the new circumstances and no doubt they will also warn them before they propose to take action to enforce the rules.