In the current crisis dealing with the corona virus it is vital to especially keep up the supply chain of grocery stores and pharmacies. Several European countries relaxed the driving time regulations for lorry drivers to meet these major logistic challenges. The countries justified the changes by the need to ensure the supply of groceries, medical and health care products.
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Great Britain/Ireland
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Sweden
These countries decided on similar relaxations of working and driving hours for lorry drivers transporting groceries, medical and health care products.
Daily working time of eleven hours
The certain lorry drivers are allowed to work up to eleven hours per day. The standard is nine hours per day. The weekly working time is increased from 56 hours to 60 hours, the maximum working time in two weeks is increased from 90 hours to 96 hours. The weekly rest must now be taken after the seventh day – it was the sixth day before.
Working for five hours thirty at a stretch
In addition to the changes above, lorry drivers are allowed to work 5 hours 30 before they have to take a 45 minute break. The standard working time is 4 hours 30.
Details per Country
Each of those countries have specified a time frame the exceptional rules are valid in. It will expire April 16th at the latest and have to be extended actively per country if the situation still demands it.
Austria: From March 14th (retroactively) until April 16th.
Great Britain, Poland: From March 18th (retroactively) until April 16th.
Netherlands: From March 14th (retroactively) until April 6th.
xServer1 parametrization
The changed driving periods can be parametrized in xServer1, so if you need to, you can plan with the alternate values as shown below.
BreakRule
Attribute Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
drivingPeriod |
int |
Uninterrupted period of time a driver is allowed to drive without a break. Remark: According to EU regulation : 4h 30min (16200s) |
breakPeriod1 |
int |
Minimum period of time required for the first break. Remark: According to EU regulation : 15min (900s) |
breakPeriod2 |
int |
Minimum period of time required for the second break. Remark: According to EU regulation : 30min (1800s) |
DailyRestRule
Attribute Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
regularRestPeriod |
int |
Regular daily rest period. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 11h (39600s) |
firstSplitRestPeriod |
int |
First period of a split regular daily rest period. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 3h (10800s) |
secondSplitRestPeriod |
int |
Second period of a split regular daily rest period. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 9h (32400s) |
reducedRestPeriod |
int |
Reduced daily rest period. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 9h (32400s) |
numberOfReducedRestPeriods |
int |
Number of allowed reduced rest periods between any two weekly rest periods. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 3 |
regularDrivingPeriod |
int |
Regular daily driving period. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 9h (32400s)Relaxed Value : 11h (39600s) |
extendedDrivingPeriod |
int |
Extended daily driving period. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 10h (36000s) |
numberOfExtendedDrivingPeriods |
int |
Maximum number of extended driving periods per week. The maximum allowed value is 2, larger values are not accepted. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 2 |
maximumPeriodBetweenEndOfDailyRests |
int |
Within each of this period after the end of the previous daily rest period a driver shall have taken a new daily rest period. Remarks: According to EU regulation : 24h (86400s) |
xServer2 parametrisation
To keep the API slim, in xServer2 environments the break and rest rules as well as the driving time regulations are available as a pre-defined rule set. Unfortunately, you are not able to change those values at the current state of development.
Detailed information:
https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/polen-lockert-lenk-und-ruhezeiten-von-lkw-fahrern-2583522.html/1605203
https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/oesterreich-macht-ausnahme-bei-lkw-lenkzeiten-2582394.html/1605203
https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/article-2584381.html