Government review of van driving hours

HEAVY Goods Vehicles rules on driving hours could be heading the way of professional light van drivers.

Ralph Morton

Peugeot vans used by Carillion Property Services

Government consultation: van driver hours

Tougher restrictions on working hours for van drivers

VAN drivers could face tougher restrictions on the number of hours they can spend behind the wheel.

The government has launched a wide-ranging consultation on the hours many van, bus and other professional drivers can work – and the driving time limits and statutory breaks that apply to heavy truck drivers could be extended to drivers of smaller vehicles.

Transport Minister Paul Clark said the consultation was intended to improve road safety, promote good working conditions and ensure fair competition between operators.

“The domestic drivers’ hours rules affect thousands of workers across the UK so it is vital that they are effective in keeping drivers, passengers and other road users safe. This is a wide-ranging consultation and we want to hear from as many drivers, operators and fleet managers as possible so that we can understand how the rules are working on the ground,” Clark said. The consultation will close on October 13, 2009.

The consultation covers the UK domestic drivers

Department for Transport, driver hours, The domestic drivers' hours rules, van driving hours

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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