This may be a silly question, but when you get onto a ferry, do you switch the tacho over to brake or POI.
vikinglord
vikinglord:
This may be a silly question, but when you get onto a ferry, do you switch the tacho over to brake or POI.vikinglord
No. Put the vehicle Brake on, and select break on the mode selector. How can it be POA?
You are hardly going to be available to start work again half way across the North Sea 
Wheel Nut:
You are hardly going to be available to start work again half way across the North Sea
Or even half way across the English Channel.
Yes as Wheelnut says put the mode to break on the ferry, but i have read some where in the vosa or working time directive publications that it is classed as poa, but if the mode was left on poa it would scupper the next shift and your break, also tachomaster recommend that mode is set at break while on a ferry.
I will try to find where i have read this.
Klunk
How can it be POA Klunk?
All the requirements for break are fulfilled.
From GV262 definition :- A break is any period during which a driver may not carry out any driving or any other work and which is used exclusively for recuperation.
The bit you are looking for is :- Examples of what might count as a POA are accompanying a vehicle on a ferry crossing or waiting while other workers load/unload your vehicle.
I’d say accompanying meant being with your vehicle as there is no alternative.