Rules for lorry, bus and coach drivers on how many hours you can drive, exemptions from the rules, and when the rules can be relaxed temporarily.
Contents
- Drivers’ hours quick guides
- Tachograph quick guides
- Drivers’ hours and tachograph rules manuals
- Working time and drivers’ hours
- Exemption guidance
EU drivers’ hours and tachograph rules still apply to journeys between the EU and UK, or wholly within the EU or UK.
AETR rules apply to journeys outside of the EU, including journeys involving Norway and Switzerland.
Drivers’ hours quick guides
19 January 2015
Drivers’ hours: HGV driver basics
25 January 2011
Promotional material
Drivers’ hours: Bus and coach driver basics
25 January 2011
Promotional material
Tachograph quick guides
Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators
23 April 2015
Apply for a driver digital tachograph card
26 April 2016
Apply for a company digital tachograph card
12 March 2019
Find your local Approved Tachograph Centre (ATC)
4 November 2016
Drivers’ hours and tachograph rules manuals
Drivers’ hours and tachographs: goods vehicles
2 September 2022
Drivers’ hours and tachographs: buses and coaches
2 September 2022
Working time and drivers’ hours
Working time rules: lorry, bus and coach drivers and crew
19 July 2013
Guidance
Understanding EU drivers’ hours and working time rules
28 March 2017
Guidance
Exemption guidance
Severe weather: drivers’ hours regulations
6 March 2018
Guidance
Emergency exemption and temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours and working time rules
28 October 2020
Guidance