Err no, 50km is the length of the route along which the vehicle travels, it does not include backtracking along the same route, or distance spent going to and from the depot from the start or end of the route.
http://www2.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/drivingforwork/drivershoursandtachographrules/drivershourtachographrules.pdf On Aug 5, 4:08 pm, AJ <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's defined as a 50km "radius" from point of origin, not actual > road mileage but "as the bird flies". Driver regulations are very confusing, > I had to wait a week for the DVLA itself to find out and confirm that at age > 20 I had no restrictions on distance on any type of PCV work as nobody in > Swansea had a clue! > > Turned out there was a recent change in legislation that lifted restrictions > at age 20 on condition that the driver has an initial CPC certificate and > CPC card only nobody thought to publicise it! > > On 5 August 2011 15:59, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > These drivers hours and tachograph rules seem rather confusing and > > certainly not straightforward. All I can say is that X63 is considerably > > longer than 50km in one direction (even when you exclude parts where you > > back-track along the same route) and I'm quite sure they haven't done > > anything with tachographs when changing drivers. Nothing in the bus industry > > is straightforward these days lol. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/welsh-bus-photographs/-/32qvH5Gf8y4J. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.- Hide quoted > >text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
