Driver hour test

• Periods of availability, break periods, and carrying out a walkaround check do not count towards a driver's working time under the Working Time Regulations for mobile workers
• Attending periodic training does not count towards a driver's working time under the Working Time Regulations for mobile workers
• Bill Bloggs starts work at 07.00 and commences driving at 07.30


  The latest time by which he must have stopped for a statutory break if he is operating under EU Regulations is 13.30
• Maximum fortnightly driving time allowed on EU journeys

  96 hours
• Minimum daily rest for crew members on a double manned vehicle under EU drivers' hours rules

  8 hours during a 24 hour period
• Daily driving period for a 10 tonne two axle vehicle operated by Thames Water in connection with the repair of water mains

  10 hours
• Number of times a driver's regular daily rest period may be interrupted when working subject to Regulation EC561/2006 and the vehicle is transported by ferry

  Three times
• Compensation for reducing a driver's weekly rest period under EU Regulation 561/2006 must be taken en bloc before the end of


  The next week following
• Reference period over which the number of hours in an average working week is normally calculated under the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations


  17 weeks
• Maximum permitted daily driving time under EU Drivers' Hours Regulations

  9 hours with the option to extend this to 10 hours twice per week
• What a driver operating under EU Regulation 561/2006 must do if delayed because of an emergency

  Note the occurrence and the reasons on their tachograph chart or digital tachograph printout
• Activities carried out by a driver that automatically constitute worked time under the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005


  • Driving, checking delivery paperwork, and resting
  • Vehicle re-fuelling, vehicle washing and taking breaks
  • Daily vehicle checks, vehicle loading and vehicle unloading
  • Reporting defects, available while awaiting recovery and discussing infringements
• Maximum daily driving time for drivers exempt from the 11 hour daily duty limit under Domestic hours of work rules

  4½ hours
• Driver operating under EU Regulation 561/2006 has completed the following activities so far in the working day: Driving 06.00-07.00, Break 07.00-07.15, Driving 07.15-09.00, Other work 09.00-10.45, Driving 10.45-11.30, Break 11.30-12.00

  The maximum driving time permitted before the driver must take a further break is 3½ hours
• Driver arrives at Newhaven port at 21:30, rests for 2 hours, boards the ferry for 30 minutes, and takes a further 5 hours rest on the ferry in a cabin arriving at Dieppe 05:00. Disembarkation takes 30 minutes.


  The earliest time the driver can commence driving is 09:00 hours
• When a crew member is not driving they can record their time as rest
• Provisions of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005


  • Maximum working time in any one week is 60 hours
  • Reference period may be varied to 26 weeks
  • Paternity leave does not count as working time
  • Night work limit of 10 hours in any 24-hour period
  • Reference period may be varied to 52 weeks
• Under drivers' hours law EC 561/2006, the maximum shift length for double manned crew members before they are required to take a daily rest period

  21 hours
• Minimum time period records relating to the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 must be kept after the end of the reference period to which they relate

  24 months
• Maximum time a driver working subject to The Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 may work over a 26-week period

  1248 hours