Governments should consider extending the bus industry’s fatigue management laws to the trucking sector so drivers can store rest days
Canberra,Australia -ATN, by Brad Gardner -October 5, 2010: ... Employer group NatRoad CEO, Bernie Belacic, has written to the National Transport Commission urging reform of the standard hours scheme for trucking... Truck drivers using the scheme are limited to 12-hour workdays and must have a 24-hour break after seven days or 72 hours of work... Bus drivers working under standard hours can store their rest days for 28 days or after 288 hours of work, at which point they take four consecutive 24-hour breaks... It applies to bus drivers who work low hours and take six consecutive rests between 10pm and 8am in a seven-day period... NatRoad wants the 24-hour rest requirement after 84 hours of work replaced with a provision allowing drivers to take a 48-hour break within a 14-day period (144 hours of work)... While fatigue experts have raised concerns about splitting rest breaks, NatRoad says drivers should have the right to separate them into two blocks in case they cannot find a suitable area to have a sustained rest... Currently, drivers can only use a split rest as a defence if they are accused of breaking fatigue management requirements. Furthermore, the break can only be split into one six-hour and one or more two-hour rests... He has supported changes to the definition of a night rest, which currently runs from 10pm to 8am. The NTC recommends amending it run from 9pm to 9am...Labels: drivers fatigue
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