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I think it's unenforceable with the current infrastructure. In Europe, trucks are required to have chart recorders called tachographs. You put one chart in th
by kw71 11y ago
I think it's unenforceable with the current infrastructure.
In Europe, trucks are required to have chart recorders called tachographs. You put one chart in the machine per day and that's your log. I think this makes it a lot more difficult to keep two logs, and now there are computerized tachograph recorders which should be even more resistant to tampering (ie. they can get the current date and time from a trusted source such as mobile network, tv broadcast, or GPS.)
- kolinko 11y agoIt still doesn't help if you switch driver's schedule from night to day. If monday tuesday and wednesday you drove through the day, and then friday evening they tell you to take a night course, then the tahoraph will say thay you had enough rest, while you will still get sleepy in the middle of night. In other words - tachograph will tell you whether the driver had a break, not whether he slept properly during that break.
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoIt's more or less the same situation you see in health-care providers doing a night shift immediately after the day shift. Not ideal, but they do get more free time to compensate afterwards. European trucking laws are quite sane. From http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/users/professional-drivers/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/users/professional... : "Driving time should not exceed 9 hours a day or 56 hours a week. After 4½ hours, drivers must take a break of at least 45 minutes."