Hello iv’e recentley gained my artic license after driving 8 wheeler’s for 15 month’s under domestic hour’s, i have a few concern’s regarding EU driver’s hour’s if anyone could help it would be very much appreciated 
If i had driven for 9 hours and been on duty for 14 hours i would take a reduced daily rest of 9 hour’s but would this mean that i can drive after the break end’s or would i have to have a ten hour break because the tachograph work’s on a 24 hour period if i am correct??
No, you are ok to go after 9 hours have elapsed, and the fact you’ve exceeded 13 hours since your duty time started means that your daily rest that night will be considered a reduced rest any way, even if you have 11 hours off.
gov.uk/drivers-hours/eu-rules
Here you go fella follow the link …
Don’t be worried about asking questions some old timers still get it wrong 
Top of the class people would in my opinion Tachograph, Coffeeholic,and Rog but Rog does tend to go a touch over board but is still a good fella …
Nick
tomoR420:
Hello iv’e recentley gained my artic license after driving 8 wheeler’s for 15 month’s under domestic hour’s, i have a few concern’s regarding EU driver’s hour’s if anyone could help it would be very much appreciated
A daily rest period or a reduced daily rest period resets the driving time.
Once you’ve had a daily rest period a new period of 24 hours starts, so in your scenario once you’ve had the nine hours off you would be able to drive another nine hours before the next daily rest period, or ten hours if you have an extended driving day available.
edit: Here’s a ink to the Rules on Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Goods vehicles in GB and Europe)
It may help but as Nick2008 said feel free to ask about anything you’re not sure about 
That’s put my mind at ease thank’s very much .
Sometimes the obvious isn’t obvious.
My Q… I start my shift and put my card in at 11.00 its a normal shift, leave yard at 07.15 and do 8 hours driving and couple of hours hanging about to be tipped and re loaded.
Okay so far so good but Their is a chance (with all this bad weather) of me doing a different run a trunk down south and doing a overnight.
1st Scenario.
Taking that I will be starting at 11.00 and I should be parked up 20.00. Then take 11 hours rest.
Is this Okay for me to start my next shift 07.00 start driving 07.15 ?
The other part that has just popped into my head is.
2nd Scenario.
Same shift pattern but starting at 01.00 parked up at 10.00, 11 hours rest which would then take me to 21.00.
I have read the Gov PDF and as I said it may be obvious but I am not seeing it. My thinking is 24 hours starts when I put my card in. Yet others say different. Just trying to keep myself on the right track.
Thanks for comments in advance…
explorer1234:
put my card in at 11.00 its a normal shift, leave yard at 07.15
EH!!
How can you leave the yard at 0715 and then put card in at 1100 ■■
explorer1234:
1st Scenario. Taking that I will be starting at 11.00 and I should be parked up 20.00. Then take 11 hours rest.Is this Okay for me to start my next shift 07.00 start driving 07.15 ?
YES
explorer1234:
2nd Scenario.Same shift pattern but starting at 01.00 parked up at 10.00, 11 hours rest which would then take me to 21.00.
YES
You could start a new shift after 9 hours daily rest if you have not already reached your max of 3 reduced daily rests between weekly rests
Daily rest must fit into the 24 hours from when a shift started but once the required rest has been taken a new shift can start so then the 24 hour clock resets again even if the previous 24 hours has not ended
07.15 Doh
Thanks for the quick response…
Why do the powers to be have to make this seem complicated.
I thought it was Yes for the first and No for the second.
Just goes to show.