Legal

Legislation: Drivers' hoots for bosses is that drivers can now effectively refuse to take their rest in the vehicle if they don't want to.......

4. Split Daily Rest

If daily rest is split, the current rules demand there can he only three periods. The first two have to he at least two hours long and the last, no less than eight hours. From......

5. Weekly Rest

The big change here is how you can reduce rest periods. Under current rules the required 45 hours can be cut to 36 at the driver's or vehicle's base,or 24 hours if they're away......

6. Double Manning

A fairly straightforward adjustment, as the required daily rest period for drivers who double-man trucks increases from eight hours to nine. So, within 30 hours of the end of a......

7. Ferry Or Train Travel

Under existing regulations, when travelling by ferry or train, daily rest can only be interrupted once; part of the rest has to be taken on land, and the interruption must be no......

8. Off-road Driving

No room for confusion any more over driving done on private sites, rather than public roads. The EU is clear that all driving is counted as 'carriage by road'. As a result, from......

9. Recording Other Work

As from 11 April, drivers must record all other work — including any for other employers — if it's done in the same week as their normal work. Periods of availability and break......

10. Evidence Of Penalties

The new regulations allow a country to impose a penalty on a driver or employer for an infringement detected on its territory — even if the offence was actually committed......