2 minutes of other work magically changes to 2 minutes of break

We’ve all been there. Arrive somewhere suitable for a break, and don’t put the tacho on break immediately for whatever reason, you may be doing something work related or simply forgotten to change the mode.

Two minutes of other work recorded and you switch to break. A minute later the display says you have been on break for the entire time since you stopped.

As far as I can see if you record 3 minutes of other work and put it on break this doesn’t happen.

Is this a deliberate thing or some kind of error? Just wondering if anyone knows.

Probably deliberate, used to happen to me all the time. I guess it’s to give 2 minutes leeway in case the driver forgets to switch so if you stop and need to do paperwork for 1 or 2 minutes make sure you do it for at least 3 or you will ‘‘lose’’ up to 2 mins from your break