REMINDER ON MOBILE CRANE DRIVERS' HOURS
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)RIVERS of lorry-mounted cranes (in the category of light or heavy loconotivcs) are covered by section 73 of he Road Traffic Act 1960 in respect of heir hours of work. Members of the ZHA heavy haulage group were told ist week that the Ministry of Transport was anxious that operators of these chides should have their attention rawn to this fact.
The Ministry had discovered that a isge operator of mobile plant was naware that the restrictions of section 73 applied to these drivers, a misunderstanding which arose because mobile cranes are exempt from some provisions of the Road Traffic Acts.
It is pointed out by the Ministry that when this equipment is intensively used. and the man who operates the crane also drives it between sites, there is a risk of infringing the requirement that in any 24 hours front the start of a period of driving, a man must take at least 10 consecutive hours for rest away from the direction of the employer.