12 day rule for coach drivers

Single occasional international coach journeys. Drivers on international occasional coach journeys can postpone the weekly rest period for up to 12 consecutive hour periods following a previous.  · Friday 22 October Share. More than drivers, engineers, cleaners, supervisors and managers at Stagecoach North East have voted overwhelmingly to hold 12 days of strike action over the management’s ‘divide-and-rule’ tactics on pay, Unite the union said today (Friday 22 October). Stagecoach North East is the ‘trading’ name for Busways Travel Ltd and Cleveland Transit Ltd. However, this is not a "daily" limit. Under this provision, a driver could hypothetically drive for 11 hours, take 10 hours off, and drive for another 3 hours before the end of the hour day. Drivers of passenger-carrying CMVs are limited to 10 hours of driving after having 8 consecutive hours off duty.

More than drivers, engineers, cleaners, supervisors and managers at Stagecoach North East have voted overwhelmingly to hold 12 days of strike action over the management’s ‘divide-and-rule’ tactics on pay, Unite the union said today (Friday 22 October). Stagecoach North East is the ‘trading’ name for Busways Travel Ltd and. The main EU rules on driving hours are that you must not drive more than: 9 hours in a day - this can be extended to 10 hours twice a week. 56 hours in a week. 90 hours in any 2 consecutive weeks. Said derogation allows coach drivers to take rest days after 12 days of driving, in contrast to the general rule for professional drivers, which imposes a rest period after six consecutive days of driving. This so-called day rule enables coach transport companies not to hire a second driver for longer group tourism trips.

Feb What is the “12 Day Rule”? · the journey is a single trip · the driver takes a regular rest period of at least 45 hours immediately before the. A driver must take a daily rest period within each period of 24 hours after the 9 hours of uninterrupted rest, giving a total minimum rest of 12 hours. Within 24 hours of ending a daily or weekly rest period, a driver must have taken a new daily rest period. At first reading this sounds complicated, but.