Long duties and short nights between them.
Tachograph checks tell you about driving time. They don’t show how much time a driver had to sleep before the next duty.
Where it goes wrong
- Late finishes followed by early starts at the depot
- Long duties when deliveries run over
- Night trunking and early multi-drop rounds on the same rota
- Warehouse and yard teams on rotating shifts
How RosterWise helps
- See the gap before every duty, for every driver, in one calendar
- Spot duties over 10 and 12 hours, and runs of five or more days
- Check warehouse and yard rosters the same way
- Keep a record of what you changed and why
Fatigue has been implicated in 20% of accidents on major roads. Source: HSE
A shift RosterWise would flag
Driver D-14, Tuesday into Wednesday. Finishes at 23:00 and starts an 11-hour duty at 08:00. That leaves 9 hours between duties, under the 11-hour reference. Drivers’ hours rules allow a reduced daily rest of 9 hours up to three times a week, so this may be legal. RosterWise still shows it, because it is a short night, and you decide.
The rules that apply
| Rule | What it covers | Regulator |
|---|---|---|
| Drivers’ hours rules (assimilated Regulation (EC) 561/2006) | Driving time, breaks and daily and weekly rest for most goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes | DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) |
| Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 | 48-hour average week, 60-hour maximum in any week, and limits on night work for mobile workers | DVSA |
| Working Time Regulations 1998 | Rest, night work and weekly hours for warehouse and other non-driving staff | HSE and local authorities |
What RosterWise doesn’t check. RosterWise doesn’t read tachograph data or check drivers’ hours rules. Keep using your tachograph analysis for that.
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