A number of changes affecting Drivers’ Hours Rules and tachographs have come into force through Regulation (EU) 2020/0154. Here are some of the new rules.
The new rules will include:
- a requirement for drivers’ to ‘return home’ every 4 weeks
- a ban on taking regular weekly rest periods in the driver’s vehicle
- a new definition of ‘non-commercial carriage’
- more flexibility on the scheduling of the rest periods for some drivers on international carriage of goods
- new provisions for rests and breaks for drivers when journeys involve transport by ferry or by rail
- a new requirement to keep a full record of all other work.
Operators and drivers should review the changes to the EU driving rules and prepare to follow them.
Notice from www.gov.uk
