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Hi Guys, first time posting so please excuse me if i don't do this right.

First of all, i am a driver and a newly qualified transport manager so i feel as if i should know this but for some reason i just cannot get my head around it.

So here it goes..

I had a driver drive about 3:30 hours away to do a drop, whilst he was there he took a 45 minute break, as he did not have enough driving hours to get back. Which is obviously all good and makes sense.

So this driver gets back, and he has driven just a little over 5 hours in total so far.

He then decided that he needs to take another 45 minutes break as he didn't have enough driving hours left to go and do another local drop.

this is where i get confused, because i just don't understand why he decided to take a 45 minute break, in my opinion if anything he should be taking a 30 minute break as he did not driver a total of 4:30 bours in total in neither trip..

what keeps confusing me is which i cant find the answer for is, if...

Can someone clarify the maximum utilisation for a double manned team on a Luton van. Bit of an ongoing discussion regarding domestic rules on a van that's multi manned at work and me and my manager are not agreeing on this at all.

Another newbie class 1 question for everyone please. 🙂
Scania, dropped trailer at normal ride height in the morning, took another for the day, picked up the original trailer in the evening normal ride height and went under the pin.
Only difference was mid axle up in morning and down in evening.
Does it affect the ride height that much?

Hi can someone help me with this question. I passed in February this year. And I want to know if a lorry is struggling to overtake you. Do you slow down to help him pass or keep to the same speed you are doing? As it has happened to me a couple of times.

Hi everyone. Can somebody let me know what container work is like? Thanks in advance

GOOD AFTERNOON ALL! Would a high cube container fit under this bridge? 🫣

Got 10 minutes before I set off for the day..
This persons alarm has been going off since I woke up with no signs of movement..
Is it a good gesture or out of bounds to give them a knock before I go.. or leave them to it?

Hello all,
A driver hit a bridge today. Can you please advise what the driver and operator needs to do?
Is it possible the the driver can lose his HGV license?
The police was involved. Lucky no one was injured.
Thanks in advance

Hi guys, Is anybody owed money by Abby Logistics Ltd? Pm me please. Thanks!

I have done my ADR for a second time but no company would hire me without PDP. How on earth do you acquire PDP if all the training sites only do the theory part of it. Please only those reply who actually know how to get a valid PDP in the UK.

Hi all. Thoughts on this - A PRO driver has revealed how he earns £52,000 and gets free meals while doing a job nobody wants to do.

Just an observation! Why do drivers when parking in waiting bays such as Asda Warrington, not park next to another truck when there is a few empty bays? They leave a space so does the next and the next, making it harder for the next ones to arrive. 🤷‍♂️ Why not just park in line, then nobody is struggling.
Just my opinion.

Question asked on DCPC this morning..Is it legal to use CB radio instead of a mobile phone??

The joys of driving a CNG truck.
Left the yard on 90%. Widnes to Preston Brook, grab empty trailer then pick up a load from Pickering.
By the time I got over thelwall the gas level had dropped to 80. Got to Pickering on 55%.
Left Pickering with a load on and the level starts to drop pretty quickly and it starts playing on your mind, because running out of fuel is not an option.
1. You’d look a massive tit.
2. There’s hardly anywhere to fuel these things up and it’s not a case of just throwing a few litres in to get you to the next filling station.
Has anyone ever actually ran out of gas in one of these things?
I’m just curious what happens.

So I've been driving for almost a year now and I'm fed up of doing 50-60 hour weeks when my contract is only 48. Can I say something about it or is it just something I have to put up with? We get a late payment of £20 for anything over 11 hours, but it's not the money I care about, it's time at home (which I'm not getting). Are all companies like that?

Hello everyone. Another day at work. Any tips here?

Hi guys question, 13ft high coach, 13ft low bridge. Would you?

Are you ready for another cut on payslip from government?
On the 30th October it is widely expected that the rate of National Insurance will revert and go back up to 12%.
What's next? Tax will go up as well?

How to properly record the driver CPC course time on tacho.
We know the CPC refresh belongs other work.
The key thing is how to record. I require the driver to input via VU manually before driving, but driver always forget or refuse.
How to deal this, as the TM?
Thank you.

Hi everyone,
I am considering getting my class 1 licence, I would very much like to go with my eyes open - I think it'll be a massive undertaking just getting used to the different lifestyle versus what I've been doing for the last few years.
So don't sugar coat - lets hear the good, the bad and the reality please.
Thank you very much in advance everyone!

I have been in the tipper game nearly 40 year's I know it is bad at the moment but we are not helping ourselves. If there is so little work then why are there posts on here looking for haulage? it's because they want you to do it for silly rates hold you're nerve and they will have to pay. Those of you paying close to 200k for new trucks why? are you walking around with you're eyes shut have you not seen the cancelled orders, these are all 8x4 chassis some with steel body's some with alloy some chassis cab only different makes 5 in Warrington 15 in Liverpool 10 in Manchester and another 10 in Wigan these are just what I know of in my area. There is a haulage and aggregate supplier looking for haulage to a job on the Wirral the rates they are offering are worse than what we were getting 15 year ago, went to a site next door on Friday men and machines parked up because they cant get stone let the supplier put his own trucks on it or the customer will have to pay proper rates to someone...

Evening all, heading to Heathrow T2 on Friday with a high end group of pax, where is the private hired coach drop off point? I'm assuming it's not in the coach area where Nat Ex go etc.

Hi, how much would be good price for 16 seater minibus per mile?

Is £100 a day normal when it apparently includes tips? Because personally I think that’s seriously underpaid with or without tips.
Anyone else? Or am I just being greedy.
Be out on the road 12+ hours for £100 what’s that 7/8 an hour?

Hi folks, Bad enough we can’t go back to truck but this is grim and gets worse and worse!
- Tesco Grocery Distribution Centre

Hi everyone, what is the cheapest recovery company for HGV vehicle?? please thanks!!

Apologies to anyone who work for one of these companies but is just me that over takes at least 10 or more Tesco or maritime Lorrie’s per day. 🤣

First time policy for Van Courier insurance who does everyone recommend using as I’m getting quotes ranging from £4.5k-6.5k
Or will it drop drastically next year after I’ve got a years ncd with a commercial vehicle?

Best place to drop in Cambridge? One of the few towns I've never visited and want to dump the coach for an hour or two and maybe explore.

Anyone else have this problem?
Our company has now installed the cameras on the front and passenger side of all our trucks to warn us of pedestrians, which is a great safety feature but when they are that sensitive they pick up traffic cones. So imagine you get stuck in roadworks and all you can hear for miles and miles is PEDESTRIAN LEFT PEDESTRIAN LEFT. We’ve found a great solution to this problem by putting tape over the cameras but apparently it’s a whopping great fine if caught. Surely there is a loophole if caught by DVSA.

Hey all! A question for you - My friend has brought a 7.5t truck (to move his furniture and leave there) and has asked me to drive it over to Portugal. There is a Tacho fitted and I will be driving for no reward. Would I need to use a Tacho card?? (I do have one which I use daily as a HGV driver)

I have a question.
A new driver who started his first week where I work has his last shift on a 6 today that rolls from today into tomorrow. I think she should be done by 12.
They asked him to work Sunday night at 11pm.
He told them he can’t because he wouldn’t have a full day off. Even thou he would have 33hrs off.
Her argument is he would be working every day.
Monday to Sunday even thou he would have 33hrs off between midday Saturday and rolling into Sunday night.
She reckons the company is breaking the law. Who’s right?
Ps I wasn’t getting involved.

Hi everyone, my sat nav has stopped working I've been looking for a replacement is this model still available or is it called something else nowadays.