How long can we drive for? HGV Driving Hours Explained.
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- čas přidán 22. 02. 2024
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I go through the basic HGV driving hours and working time directive.
You can use this for your HGV training but it doesnt cover everything youll need to know.
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Now there is mistake in this video can you spot it?
Confusing driving time and work/drive tome.
Is it with the reduced rest times? said 13 hours plus a 9 hour rest for a 24 hour period but that equals 22 hours? (Sorry if not, still learning and getting my head around it myself)
As long as you have your breaks when you need them, they are interchangeable.
If you have a 9 hour rwst after a 13 hour day you would 'lose' one of your 15 hour days because you have used one of you reduced rest.
There’s loads because if you work using a Transics computer you can do a lot more
It’s because in the uk all they know is 6 and 5
One thing I will say (which confuses a lot of drivers and isn't mentioned in this video) is there is a difference between what you can work/drive in a 'fixed week' (Monday - Sunday) and what you can work/drive between 'weekly rest periods', especially if your weekly rest period (minimum 45 hours) isn't a typical Saturday/Sunday but could be a Weds/Thurs (eg supermarkets, which you did mention).
Thank you for explaining everything mate my confusion was always the working 15 hours and taking a reduced rest period for it. But makes alot more sense when putting it in a 24 hour period.
I thought you could reduce the weekly rest from 45hours to 24hrs - every other week - where you used to have to pay back the difference BUT not any more - No pay back time
WTD breaks - Up to 6 hours, a minimum of 15 minutes break is required. You said 30 minutes. 30 minutes is required if you're working a shift between 6 and 9 hours. 45 minutes in total if working over 9 hours.
That's the mistake! Read the wrong number when I was looking at my notes!
I’ve been driving for about 3 years now but have always done day work. This coming Tuesday I’m doing my first night out. I’m starting my yard in Rochford (Essex) at 3am and am delivering piling cages to Darlington. Am I right in saying I would then need to be parked up somewhere for the night at 6pm at the latest?
If your card goes in at 3am to donyou daily checks etc then by 6pm you need to be parked up having done all you required work duties ,paperwork etc. If you are parking somewhere that you need to pay for parking then you need to have done that too.
@@AshleyHaleUK great, thanks!
Let’s say you drive for 3hours and do other work for 1 hour then have a 45 minute break. Then you drive for another 3 hours and do other work for 3hours which is 6hours in total. Do you need to have another break after 6 hours even though you have already had 45 minute break?
Depends if you are going to be working after that 2nd period. If you are then you would need a 15min break. If your going to drive then you need to factor in you only have an hour and an half driving remaining so you may want to take a break of 45min to reset your driving time which would also reset your working time as well. Hopefully that makes sense.
So with the max 60 hours you can work am I right in saying I'm already on 51 hours and got one more shift to do which will be about 12 hours but I haven't deducted my breaks from the 51 hours work is this the correct way to work out how many hours you've done
Yeah the 60 hours in a week doesbt include breaks and POA. So if you done 51 hours this week by Thursday, take off your breaks and that's your total working time out of the 60 hours.
Remember its an average over the 26 week's so you'll do less some weeks and maybe have a holiday which will bring it down over the period.
@AshleyHaleUK thank you
So how are some hgv drivers claiming they are driving 70-hour weeks??
Working 70 hours weeks for sure.
3 x 15 hour days and 3 x 13 hours days. That means they could work 84 hours in a week. Still only driving for a maximum of 56 hours driving in a week.
That 84 hours would include time spent on break during the day
Some companies also opt out of the 60 hour rule 👍
@@philgibbons7108There is no allowable opt out for HGV drivers so any company that hands out an opt out form for you to sign, is committing an offence.
"It is not possible for mobile workers to opt out of the 48-hour working week. The reference period for the average 48-hour working week, however, may be extended from 17 to 26 weeks by a collective or workforce agreement". Therefore, even if you do only a few weeks above 48 hours, it soon starts to become very difficult to average it out to 48 hours even over 26 weeks without cutting a few weeks to well under 48 hours. So clearly, most employers in the transport industry are systematically breaching the working time directive.
That sounds fun(not)It's a dogs life.@@AshleyHaleUK
WTD is 15 mins in 6 hours not 30 mins
Spot On!