Where a Driving Record Breaks the Rules, and Exactly When TACHO
Forty-five minutes, or fifteen then thirty. Thirty then fifteen does not count, and a great many drivers are certain that it does.
The record
DayWhat was happeningFromTo
Anything not entered is read as rest, which is both what the rules assume and the reading that flatters the driver. A block that ends before it starts is taken to run past midnight.
What the rules say about it
Day by day
The working
EU 561/2006 as retained in Great Britain. This is arithmetic against published rules rather than legal advice, and a tachograph card remains the record of what happened. What it is good for is checking a plan before it is driven.
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