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Policy Decisions * UK - Review of Driving Hours Rules
London,UK -HGV (Ireland) -22 July 2009: -- UK Transport Minister, Paul Clark, has launched a wide-ranging consultation on the hours many van, bus and other professional drivers can worked... Drivers' hours rules set daily driving and duty limits, and in some instances break and rest requirements, in order to improve road safety, promote good working conditions and ensure fair competition between operators... The consultation covers the UK domestic drivers' hours rules. As well as van and many bus drivers, these apply to refuse collection and breakdown vehicles and a range of other professional drivers. They do not apply to lorries or buses on longer routes, which come under the scope of European Union drivers' hours rules... The consultation is part of a comprehensive review of the domestic rules and although it proposes no legislative changes the responses will be used to inform future policy decisions...Labels: Driving Hours Rules, HOS regulations
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