DTT HGV Drivers Hours 2

Question 1

What is a 'split daily rest' under EU drivers' hours rules?

Accepted Answer

A daily rest taken in two separate periods: the first at least 3 hours and the second at least 9 hours, totalling at least 12 hours

Answer

Sleeping for 6 hours, working, then sleeping another 6 hours

Answer

Any rest that is interrupted

Answer

Resting for 11 hours but at two different locations

Question 2

How often must a regular weekly rest period of at least 45 hours be taken?

Accepted Answer

At least once in every two consecutive weeks — you cannot have two consecutive reduced weekly rests

Answer

Every week without exception

Answer

Once a month

Answer

Only when the driver feels tired

Question 3

What are the driver's responsibilities regarding tachograph records when on holiday or sick leave?

Accepted Answer

The driver must use the manual entry facility to record these periods on the tachograph or use attestation forms signed by the employer

Answer

No recording is needed for non-working days

Answer

The employer records everything automatically

Answer

The driver must carry a doctor's note at all times

Question 4

A driver took a reduced weekly rest of 24 hours last week (instead of the regular 45 hours). How must this reduction be compensated?

Accepted Answer

The 21-hour reduction must be added as a single block to another rest period of at least 9 hours before the end of the third week following

Answer

No compensation is required

Answer

The driver must work 21 fewer hours the following week

Answer

The driver must take two regular weekly rests the following week

Question 5

Under EU regulations, which vehicles are exempt from drivers' hours and tachograph rules?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes (with some exceptions), emergency vehicles, and vehicles used for certain specified purposes

Answer

All vehicles under 7.5 tonnes

Answer

Only passenger cars

Answer

No vehicles are exempt

Question 6

What is the Working Time Directive (2002/15/EC) and how does it differ from the drivers' hours regulations?

Accepted Answer

It limits total working time (including non-driving work) to an average of 48 hours per week and restricts night work — separate from the driving time limits

Answer

It is the same as the drivers' hours regulations

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It only applies to office workers, not drivers

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It only applies to self-employed drivers