What type of a driver's work is the checking and gathering of documents concerning the transport?
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Correct answer
A. Other work.
Explanation
In the photo a coach is standing at an international bay of a bus station, and travellers are waiting next to it. Checking and gathering transport documents counts as other work - answer A.
The EU Regulation counts as other work every activity that is part of the driver's working time, except driving itself, and the Drivers' Working Time Act lists among such activities, for example, loading, helping people getting on and off, and the necessary administrative formalities - gathering the transport documents is one of them. A period of availability (answer B) is waiting time whose length is known in advance, for example waiting for a ferry crossing. A break (answer C) is time when the driver does not carry out any duties and can rest freely. Gathering documents is work, so you record it on the tachograph with the crossed hammers symbol, and it counts towards working time.
Legal basis: Art. 4 letter e of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006; Art. 6 para. 1 of the Drivers' Working Time Act