Could you please clarify the law on
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the question of using recovery vehicles for tow,ng, and the legal permissible driving hours?
When towing an articulated unit in the unladen state, is there a requirement giving the number of people to be engaged in the operation? Should there be a man driving the recovery vehicle, a man in the vehicle being towed and a third man as an attendant? Does the same apply with laden articulated units when they are towed?
ADrivers of vehicles operating on tradi:
plates must comply with the general limitations on drivers' hours of duty and driving, as follows:— 1) Maximum driving time in one day 10 hours. 2) Maximum on-duty time in one day 11 hours. 3) duty time may be spread over 12+ hours if 1..+ hours is taken off during the day. 4) A break of half an hour must be taken not later than 5+ hours after commencing duty. 5) 11 hours rest must be taken before commencing each working day. 6) The maximum on-duty time allowed in any week is 60 hours. 7) 24 hours break must be taken in respect of each working week commencing midnight Sat/Sun, So far as attendance on recovery work is concerned the following applies: If a normal recovery vehicle tows an unladen articulated outfit, no extra attendants are required. Only the two drivers are needed.
But unless a recovery vehicle is classified 'as a locomotive lie weighs more than 71 tons and is constructed so that it cannot carry a load) it must not tow a loaded articulated outfit in any case. If the recovery vehicle is classified as a locomotive, then two attendants must be carried, one for the tractive unit and one for the trailer because in this case each is classed as a separate trailer. The driver of the tractive unit ca be counted as one of the attendants in this case.