drivtime 0.0.3

Driving time and rest periods in the road transport sector framework

Project description

drivtime was created to summarize the following regulations regarding the calculation of driving time and rest periods in the road transport sector.

Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/1054, lays down rules on driving times, breaks and rest periods for drivers of lorries, coaches and buses in order to improve working conditions and road safety. Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/1054, sets out requirements concerning the construction, installation, use, testing and control of tachographs that must be fitted in the vehicles that fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

Regulation (EC) No 561/2006:

applies to the carriage by road of goods, by vehicles with a total mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes and to the transport by road of passengers, by vehicles that are adapted to carry more than 9 people (including the driver); as of 1 July 2026, applies to the carriage by road of goods in international transport or in cabotage operations by vehicles (including any trailer or semi-trailer) with a total mass exceeding 2.5 tonnes; applies, irrespective of the country of registration of the vehicle, to carriage by road in the EU and between EU countries, Switzerland and European Economic Area countries.

Minimum age

• Drivers’ mates and conductors must be at least 18, except in certain circumstances for trainee drivers’ mates for whom the minimum age is 16 (see Article 5 for more details).

Rules on driving times, breaks and rest periods

Detailed rules for these are set out in Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9. They include:

• a maximum amount of daily driving time of 9 hours, that can be extended to 10 hours no more than twice a week;
• a maximum amount of weekly driving time of 56 hours;
• a maximum total accumulated driving time of 90 hours during any 2 consecutive weeks;
• after driving for a period of 4.5 hours, a driver must take an uninterrupted break of not less than 45 minutes, unless he takes a rest period;
• a minimum daily rest of 11 hours, which can be reduced to 9 hours, but no more than three times between any 2 weekly rest periods;
• a regular weekly rest period of minimum 45 hours and a reduced weekly rest period of a minimum of 24 hours.

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