The Drivers’ Agency

Example Driver: 7.5 Tonne
Very experienced driver always in demand. From single loads to multidrop, day or night. Excellent knowledge of London and the South East, UK and Europe. Reliable, well presented, excellent with customers, clean licence, accident free and careful with freight. Has Digital Tachograph Driver Card, Satnav and Tracking. UK Air Cargo Security Training Level D.

Specialising in the supply of experienced and reliable drivers of 7.5 tonne vehicles.

Clients: please use the Write button below for general enquiries or, for a more urgent requirement, please telephone (local rate) 08454 569418
Drivers: please use the Write button below and send us a message asking for an application. N.B. You must have an excellent record and at least three years' experience of 7.5 tonne vehicles and be based in the U.K. The ability to read maps is essential.

Working with The Drivers' Agency - Meaning of Tachograph Symbols

	Driving. Automatic tachographs do not have this symbol as driving time is recorded whatever the instrument's setting.
	Working. Driving, other work and unexpected waiting or other unforseen available time. (When driving this symbol should be selected.)
	Available. On duty and available for work. For periods of availability known about in advance. (Also, the first two hours of waiting at an airline shed even though you are not available for anything else, particularly if you are driving a loaded and sealed vehicle)
	Rest Lunch and other breaks. Working away from and not in connection with vehicle. Travelling in a passenger seat of a vehicle.

Main Points of : Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005
affecting mobile workers driving or travelling in vehicles >3.5 tonne

Average 48 hours per week (over four or six month period, as agreed with workforce)
Maximum 60 hours in any one week
Maximum 10 hours in any 24 hour period, if working at night, or as agreed with workforce
Employers, Agencies, Employment businesses or Workers may monitor working time. Keep records for two years
Mobile workers are not allowed to opt out of the limits, even if they want to work longer
In calculating average working weeks, holidays are counted as 48 hour weeks

Summary of EU limits on drivers’ hours

The current limits on drivers’ hours as specified by the EU rules are summarised in the following table borrowed from Business Link and VOSA

Breaks from driving A break of no less than 45 minutes must be taken after no more than 4.5 hours of driving. The break can be divided into two periods — the first at least 15 minutes long and the second at least 30 minutes — taken over the 4.5 hours.

Daily driving Maximum of 9 hours, extendable to 10 hours no more than twice a week.

Weekly driving Maximum of 56 hours.

Two-weekly driving Maximum of 90 hours in any two-week period.

Daily rest Minimum of 11 hours, which can be reduced to a minimum of 9 hours no more than three times between weekly rests. May be taken in two periods, the first at least 3 hours long and the second at least 9 hours long. The rest must be completed within 24 hours of the end of the last daily or weekly rest period.

Multi-manning daily rest A 9-hour daily rest must be taken within a period of 30 hours that starts from the end of the last daily or weekly rest period. For the first hour of multi-manning, the presence of another driver is optional, but for the remaining time it is compulsory.

Ferry/train daily rest A regular daily rest period (of at least 11 hours) may be interrupted no more than twice by other activities of not more than 1 hour’s duration in total, provided that the driver is accompanying a vehicle that is travelling by ferry or train and has access to a bunk or couchette.

Weekly rest A regular weekly rest of at least 45 hours, or a reduced weekly rest of at least 24 hours, must be started no later than the end of six consecutive 24-hour periods from the end of the last weekly rest. In any two consecutive weeks a driver must have at least two weekly rests — one of which must be at least 45 hours long. A weekly rest that falls across two weeks may be counted in either week but not in both. Any reductions must be compensated in one block by an equivalent rest added to another rest period of at least 9 hours before the end of the third week following the week in question.

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Breaks from driving	A break of no less than 45 minutes must be taken after no more than 4.5 hours of driving. The break can be divided into two periods — the first at least 15 minutes long and the second at least 30 minutes — taken over the 4.5 hours.
Daily driving	Maximum of 9 hours, extendable to 10 hours no more than twice a week.
Weekly driving	Maximum of 56 hours.
Two-weekly driving	Maximum of 90 hours in any two-week period.
Daily rest	Minimum of 11 hours, which can be reduced to a minimum of 9 hours no more than three times between weekly rests. May be taken in two periods, the first at least 3 hours long and the second at least 9 hours long. The rest must be completed within 24 hours of the end of the last daily or weekly rest period.
Multi-manning daily rest	A 9-hour daily rest must be taken within a period of 30 hours that starts from the end of the last daily or weekly rest period. For the first hour of multi-manning, the presence of another driver is optional, but for the remaining time it is compulsory.
Ferry/train daily rest	A regular daily rest period (of at least 11 hours) may be interrupted no more than twice by other activities of not more than 1 hour’s duration in total, provided that the driver is accompanying a vehicle that is travelling by ferry or train and has access to a bunk or couchette.
Weekly rest	A regular weekly rest of at least 45 hours, or a reduced weekly rest of at least 24 hours, must be started no later than the end of six consecutive 24-hour periods from the end of the last weekly rest. In any two consecutive weeks a driver must have at least two weekly rests — one of which must be at least 45 hours long. A weekly rest that falls across two weeks may be counted in either week but not in both. Any reductions must be compensated in one block by an equivalent rest added to another rest period of at least 9 hours before the end of the third week following the week in question.