Driving Breaks

The time is currently 12:30 hours and John has been driving since 09:00 hours.

How soon will he be required to take a break from driving?

Peter has decided to take a split break.

He has already taken the first part, how long must he take for the second part of his split break?

The time is 15:00 hours and Sarah has been driving for three hours.  She has decided to take a split break and will take the minimum time allowed for the first part.

What is the earliest time she can start driving again after completing the first part of a split break?

Eddie  has been driving continuously for the last 4 hours 30 minutes.

How long will he be required to stop for a break from driving to ‘reset the clock’

Terry started driving at 05:00 hours and stopped for a 30 minute break at 06:30 hours.

In order to ‘reset the clock’ after 4 hours 30 minutes of driving how much longer would Terry need to rest for?

Simon started work at 08:30 hours and spent 30 minutes carrying out his vehicle checks.  He left the yard and started driving at 09:00, stopped again at 10:00 for 15 minutes to complete paperwork and then drove continuously until he was legally required to take his 45 minute break.

At what time did Simon stop for his 45 minute break?

Emma left her depot at 18:00 hours and has driven continuously for 4 hours 30 minutes.

She must now take a break from driving for at least

Dalton has decided to take a split break.  he started driving at 06:15 hours and will take the minimum allowed time for each part of his break.

The first part of the break is taken at 08:15 hours.

When is the latest he can take the second part of his split break?

Today is Thursday, Terry started his weekly work period on Monday and has already reduced his daily rest to 9 hours on three occasions.

How many more times can Terry reduce his daily rest period before he takes his weekly rest?

Maria has decided to take a reduced daily rest period.

She finds a parking spot and sets her tachograph to rest at 18:00 hours

What is the earliest time she can start work?

Martin finished his shift at 21:00 hours and will take the minimum amount of time allowed for a regular daily rest period.

What time can Martin start work the next day?

Colin works night shifts Monday to Friday.  Today is Tuesday and he has already taken one reduced daily rest.

How many more reduced daily rest periods can Colin take before his weekly rest?

Oscar is due to board a ferry and has decided to take a split daily rest.

How long must the first part of the split daily rest be?

For a split daily rest to be valid Oscar must take a minimum of

Oscar has pulled over to take the second part of his split daily rest.

What is the minimum amount of time he must take considering he has already taken 3 hours?

Vernon has decided to take a split daily rest.  He has already taken his first three hours and parks up to complete his split break at 19:00 hours.

What is the earliest Vernon’s split daily rest will be completed?

Arthur will take a split daily rest today.

The first part of his split daily rest starts at 13:00 hours and he takes the minimum time allowed.

What time does Arthur finish the first part of his split daily rest?

Frank works for a food distribution company driving an 18 tonne rigid vehicle.  He does multidrop deliveries and he works Monday to Friday with the occasional Saturday as overtime.

Today is Monday and he had the weekend off which qualified as a regular weekly rest period.

How many shifts can Frank now work before he must take a weekly rest

John has just returned to work after a reduced weekly rest.

What is the minimum amount of time John could have taken for this reduced weekly rest?

John must compensate his reduced weekly rest by

Sally will take a regular weekly rest this weekend.

What is the minimum amount of rest she must take?

Sally has decided to do some overtime this week.

How many shifts can she work consecutively?

Derek took a reduced weekly rest of 24 hours last weekend.

How many hours must eventually be compensated?