rest

Weekly rest

1) Rest period to be taken by goods vehicle driver under EU law once each week and following six daily driving shifts. Must amount to 45 hours normally but may be reduced to 36 hours when driver at base and 24 hours elsewhere.

Interrupted rest period

1) Provision in EU hours law whereby drivers' normal daily rest period may be interrupted, once only and for not more than one hour, when journey involves travel in part on ship or rail.

Split rest period

1) Under provisions of regulation EC 3820/85, driver may split daily rest period into two/three separate periods so long as one is a minimum of eight hours, the others are at least one hour each and total rest for day is increased to 12 hours.