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Can anybody give me some advise as to government (or other) guidance as to the maximum number of miles that an employee should be reasonably expected to drive in 1 day?
I'm sure i read somewhere that employees should not be expected to drive more than 300 miles in 1 day, but not cannot find any reference to that number anywhere.
I hope i wasn't imagining it!
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I'd image there will be limits (or guidance for car drivers) on the amount of hours driven but not miles? 300 miles on the M1 is alot easier than 300 miles in the highliands.
Check out VOSA, But it really depends on what class vehicle you are refering to?
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There isnt a set limit as to a maximum distance. Simply because an employee could spend 5 hours stuck in traffic and not even travel 20 miles. By that rationale he could be exhausted but still expected by his employer to drive a further 280 miles.
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RoSPA publish a variety of guidelines on driver safety. There may be something suitable on their website (www.rospa.com/roadsafety).
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Time is the main criteria, it's also illegal to pay finical incentives when driving lgvs for 'drops' made etc.,
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Driving limits are based on time not distance, which are contained in the GB domestic rules, as contained in the Transport Act 1968.
In summary :-
Goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles :-
Daily driving limit. You must not drive for more than 10 hours in a day. The daily driving limit applies to time spent at the wheel actually driving on a public road. Off-road driving counts as duty time.
Duty time. If you work as a driver for a company, duty time is any working time. If you’re self-employed, duty time is only time you spend driving the vehicle or doing other work related to the vehicle or its load.
Daily duty limit. You must not be on duty for more than 11 hours in any working day. This limit doesn’t apply on any working day when you don’t drive.
You must record your hours on a weekly record sheet or on a tachograph.
Passenger-carrying vehicles only :-
Breaks and continuous driving. After 5.5 hours of driving you must take a break of at least 30 minutes when you must be able to rest and take refreshment.
Or, within any period of 8.5 hours, you must take at least 45 minutes in breaks. You must have a break of at least 30 minutes at the end of this period, unless it’s the end of the working day.
Length of working day (‘spreadover’). You must not work more than 16 hours in any one day - including non driving work and any times when you’re off duty.
Daily rest periods. You must take a rest of 10 hours between 2 working days. This can be reduced to 8.5 hours up to 3 times a week.
Fortnightly rest periods. Every 2 weeks you must take at least one period of 24 hours off duty.
A fixed week is from 00:00am on Monday to 23:59pm on the next Sunday.
Exemptions. The GB Domestic rules don’t apply if :-
you don’t drive on the public road, eg if you drive as part of work in road maintenance, quarrying, construction work, civil engineering works
you drive for less than 4 hours in any day
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I found driving times difficult to get good handle for H&S - wise, particularly the fact that most of our team would undertake projects or events bewteen driving. So in the end we reverted to the Working Times Directive. Particularly the 11 solid hours break between shifts, it seems to control excessive tiredness being a problem with diving.
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