Do weekly rests reset the clock as a daily rest does?

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Ok weekly rest question … if i have a weekly rest does this re-set the clock as a 45 min would for your 4 and a half hour drive?

So if i was on a weekly rest of a 45 and started my first 24 hour period, then did a 2nd period, and had 24 hours off - could i then say I was in a new driving week so therefore i could have 6 x 24 hour periods before my next weekly rest??

Thanks

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Jenson Button:
Ok weekly rest question … if i have a weekly rest does this re-set the clock as a 45 min would for your 4 and a half hour drive?

So if i was on a weekly rest of a 45 and started my first 24 hour period, then did a 2nd period, and had 24 hours off - could i then say I was in a new driving week so therefore i could have 6 x 24 hour periods before my next weekly rest??

Thanks

Yes once you’ve had a rest period of at-least 24 hours you can start a new set of six 24 hour periods.

You can do six 24 hour periods from the end of the last weekly or reduced weekly rest period, but you must still have in any two fixed weeks either two weekly rest periods or at-least one full weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period.