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I wonder if this will lead to increased or decreased quality of life for truck drivers. The UK and EU are still aligned on truck driving rules for the time bein
by rcarr 4y ago
I wonder if this will lead to increased or decreased quality of life for truck drivers. The UK and EU are still aligned on truck driving rules for the time being. In the UK, trucks are limited to 60mph on the motorways which means there's a theoretical max limit of 540 miles a day on a standard day or 600 miles on an extended day. It's also mandated that you have to take at least 45 minutes rest every 4h 30 minutes which I imagine should be sufficient time to charge the vehicle to get the extra 40 - 100 mile range so I don't think EU drivers would really be impacted at all. It may have more of an effect in other countries which have higher speed limits however.
I believe the laws in America are much looser so the effects there may be far greater. I believe US truck drivers can drive for up to 12 hours, so if these were widespread you would imagine US truck drivers may be getting more and longer breaks than if they were driving ICE.
Summary of EU Driver Laws for anyone interested: https://www.gov.uk/drivers-hours/eu-rules https://www.gov.uk/drivers-hours/eu-rules
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- vardump 4y ago> be sufficient time to charge the vehicle to get the extra 40 - 100 mile range I think 45 minutes is enough to get closer to 300 miles of additional charge than 100.