What's the minimum regular and daily rest period of a driver working in road transport?
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Correct answer
B. 11 successive hours.
Explanation
In the photo, next to a tractor unit, a digital tachograph and a bed symbol, that is rest, are shown. The minimum regular daily rest period of a driver working in road transport is 11 consecutive hours - answer B.
The EU Regulation defines a regular daily rest period as an uninterrupted rest lasting at least 11 hours. It may be taken in two parts: the first must last at least 3 hours and the second at least 9 hours, and the whole also counts as a regular rest. The answer 9 hours is the reduced daily rest period, which may be used at most three times between two weekly rest periods, and 13 hours does not appear in the rules. You must take the daily rest within 24 hours of the end of the previous daily or weekly rest period - this time is counted by the tachograph, not by the calendar day, so every delay in departure shifts the whole plan for the day.
Legal basis: Art. 4 letter g and Art. 8 para. 2 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006