Note driving and shift times

instagram viewer

With the European driving and rest time regulation of 2006 there are through for truck traffic EU states binding regulations regarding driving, rest and work, respectively Shift times. In the EU, truck and bus drivers are not allowed to drive more than a day or a week. Minimum rest periods are stipulated for all drivers of motor vehicles in goods and passenger transport.

The rules for driving and rest times do not apply to drivers of vehicles for passenger transport with a maximum of nine Seats, the emergency services, the police and civil defense as well as in normal bus services (route length maximum 50 Kilometre). Shift times are determined in all cases by the Working Hours Act.

The German Working Hours Act regulates working hours or shift times for employees

The Working Hours Act applies to professional drivers as it does to all other professional groups. When there is talk of shift times, then that is it working time meant.

  • Shift times or working hours comprise the time between the beginning and the end of work. Rest periods and breaks are excluded from this. The driver is on during working hours Workplace. He does his job or keeps himself ready.
  • to working hours or shift times include driving, charging, cleaning and maintenance tasks, completing official and legal formalities, monitoring of loading and unloading processes as well as waiting for the loading and unloading Unloading.
  • For these persons, only the international and national driving and rest time regulations apply. The working time law applicable in Germany does not apply to self-employed entrepreneurs. Because they regulate their working hours exclusively on the basis of national and international driving and rest time regulations.
    • The driving and rest times - drivers have to pay attention to this

    In your private car, you can sit behind the wheel for as long as you want. Are …

Driving times may not exceed 56 hours per week

For the EU, the regulation of driving times according to Regulation (EC) 561/2006 applies.

  • Accordingly, the weekly driving time of a maximum of 56 hours may not be exceeded. For employed professional drivers, this also means not to exceed the fixed maximum weekly working hours. The working time regulation in Germany allows a maximum working time of 48 hours per week.
  • The average weekly working time must be an average of four calendar months. Because under certain circumstances, up to 60 working hours per week are possible.
  • The driving time is recorded by a tachograph or EC control device. The pure steering activity is recorded either fully, semi-automatically, analog or digitally for controls.

Without a break in the journey, driving time may not exceed 4.5 hours. The driver here is required to take a break of at least 45 minutes.

click fraud protection