Drivers' hours and rest periods
Why should you carry spare tachograph charts?
Your vehicle is fitted with an analogue tachograph. What should you do if you need to exceed the normal drivers' hours due to an emergency?
How long is a digital tachograph driver smart card valid?
When may a driver take their rest period in a parked vehicle?
How can you find out when an analogue tachograph was last recalibrated?
Who's responsible for the issue of tachograph charts to a bus or lorry driver?
Under EU rules, a driver must take regular breaks from driving. What maximum period of continuous driving is allowed?
What should you do if you have to leave your vehicle unattended for a very short time?
Drivers must have a driver smart card for use in digital tachographs. Where can you obtain a replacement smart card in Great Britain?
What's most likely to cause tiredness?
When must an analogue tachograph be recalibrated?
You're driving a bus with 18 seats on an excursion from London to Scotland. Which drivers' hours rules should you use?
Under EU rules, your minimum daily rest is 11 hours. On three days of the week this may be reduced to what length of time?
Under EU drivers' hours regulations, a 45-minute break must be taken after 4.5 hours of driving. What shorter breaks can this be split into?
How often must an analogue tachograph be checked at an approved calibration centre?
Which type of digital tachograph card is used by an approved calibration centre when they're recalibrating the tachograph?
An enforcement officer keeps one of your tachograph charts. Who should sign the back of the replacement chart?
Under EU rules, your daily rest can be reduced to 9 hours. For how many times between weekly rest periods is this allowed?
After driving continuously for the maximum period under EU rules, a bus driver must take a break. What's the minimum duration of this break?
The analogue tachograph on your vehicle becomes faulty. How long do you have before you must have it repaired?
When are bus operators required to use tachographs for regular journeys?
What can happen to drivers who break EU tachograph regulations?
You're making a journey with a co-driver. When the other person is driving, how should you show this time?
Which symbol on your tachograph shows your break/rest period?
An enforcement officer keeps your analogue tachograph records. How should they endorse the replacement charts?
What should you do if you're asked to leave your bus by an official who isn't in uniform?
A vehicle fitted with an analogue tachograph has two drivers. How should they use the tachograph?
Where can you get a replacement driver tachograph card?
Under EU rules, you can drive for a maximum of nine hours a day. On how many days each week can this be extended to 10 hours?
You've been driving non-stop since 5.00 am. The time is now 9.30 am. Under EU rules, what length of break must you take?
You're driving under EU drivers' hours. How is a week defined under these rules?
How many days does a driver's smart card normally cover?
You're driving under EU tachograph regulations and lose your smart card. When must you inform the relevant authority?
Which digital tachograph card is only available to enforcement authorities?
Under EU rules, you may drive for up to nine hours a day. What maximum may this be increased to on two days of the week?
Under EU rules, what's the maximum driving time allowed in any two consecutive weeks?
Your vehicle breaks down during a journey. You continue by driving in another vehicle with the same type of tachograph. What must you do with your tachograph chart?
Where can you stop if you feel tired while you're driving on a motorway?
What should you do if you start to feel tired or unable to concentrate while you're driving?
At the end of your working week, you've driven a total of 56 hours. Under EU rules, what's the maximum number of hours you can drive in the following week?
What does a tachograph record?
What must the driver do when they leave their bus unattended?
What should you do if you suddenly become tired while you're driving on a motorway?
Which authority must you contact if your tachograph card is lost or stolen?
When are you allowed to alter your tachograph record?
A driver is convicted of obstructing an enforcement officer in the course of their duties. Under EU drivers' hours regulations, what's the maximum fine they can receive?
The time is 10.00 am. You've been driving non-stop since 6.00 am. Under EU rules, what's the longest you may now drive without a break?
What is the 'mode' switch on a tachograph used to record?
Under EU rules, what's the normal weekly rest period that must be taken?
Under EU rules, what's the maximum daily driving time allowed?
What should you do if you feel tired after driving for two-and-a-half hours?
Under EU rules, how long should your normal daily rest period be?
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