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Road Traffic Act, 1961 |
EEC Law (Regulation 543/69 as amended and extended) |
Proposed New EEC Law R/642/76 (Trans. 27) |
Maximum period of continuous driving |
5½ hours |
4 hours |
4 hours (which will include other time on duty as well as time spent driving). |
Maximum daily driving period |
11 hours |
8 hours (which may be extended not more than twice in any one week to 9 hours except in the case of certain vehicles).* |
8 hours which may be extended not more than twice in any one week to 9 hours. Total driving time must not exceed 48 hours per week or 92 hours per fortnight. |
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(Total driving time must not exceed 48 hours in any week or 92 hours in any fortnight.) |
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Minimum length of break |
½ hour |
½ hour (for which may be substituted two 20- minute or three 15-minute breaks). |
½ hour (for which may be substituted two 20- minute or three 15-minute breaks). |
Minimum daily rest period |
10 hours (which may be reduced to 9 hours if 12 hours rest is allowed next day). |
10 hours which may not be reduced or 11 hours which may be reduced to 9 hours not more than twice in one week (rest taken at base) or to 8 hours not more than twice in one week (rest taken other than at base). |
For goods vehicles: 11 hours which may be reduced to 8 hours not more than twice in any one week. |
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For passenger vehicles: 11 hours which may be reduced to 10 hours not more than three times in any one week. |
Minimum weekly rest period. |
24 hours |
24 hours to be immediately preceded or followed by a daily rest period or during the period April-September inclusive 60 consecutive hours preceded or followed by a daily rest period before the expiration of any period of fourteen consecutive days. |
29 hours to be immediately preceded or followed by a daily rest. |
