DPD woes

Lopéz · 8 Mar 2017 at 16:13

Scania said:
Whilst they do drive for a living DPD delivery drivers are in vans, 3.5t and under in weight, they are not subject to EU driver hours regulations (which HGV class drivers are) and even if they were, on local multi drop work it's very difficult to exceed your driving hours allocation, most will have a huge number of drops but within a specific postcode area.

If the OP is in Staffordshire then today could well have gone Pete Tong for the driver due to the M6 closure between J14 and J15, the surrounding routes have been pretty gridlocked all day.

For the record the max driving allowed is 4.5hours (continuous or accumulated) followed by a minimum 45min break and then another 4.5hours driving.

Twice per week this can be extended to ten hours driving so long as the driver takes a second break of 45min before his second 4.5hour driving period has elapsed.

I sat in on a CPC course the other week and the topic was driver's hours. Ye gods that was 8 of my hours I'll never get back

xb8browney · 8 Mar 2017 at 16:16

My other half works in a DPD call centre so you must be calling the wrong number?

mattyg · 8 Mar 2017 at 16:29

Scania said:
Whilst they do drive for a living DPD delivery drivers are in vans, 3.5t and under in weight, they are not subject to EU driver hours regulations (which HGV class drivers are) and even if they were, on local multi drop work it's very difficult to exceed your driving hours allocation, most will have a huge number of drops but within a specific postcode area.

If the OP is in Staffordshire then today could well have gone Pete Tong for the driver due to the M6 closure between J14 and J15, the surrounding routes have been pretty gridlocked all day.

For the record the max driving allowed is 4.5hours (continuous or accumulated) followed by a minimum 45min break and then another 4.5hours driving.

Twice per week this can be extended to ten hours driving so long as the driver takes a second break of 45min before his second 4.5hour driving period has elapsed.

Not EU but they are under GB domestic driving hours
https://www.gov.uk/drivers-hours/gb-domestic-rules

Scania · 8 Mar 2017 at 20:24

mattyg said:
Not EU but they are under GB domestic driving hours
https://www.gov.uk/drivers-hours/gb-domestic-rules

Given these vehicles don't have tachographs (i.e. any enforcable means of legally proving how many hours driven or hours worked) you'll find the GB domestic rules are largely ignored by the authorities as its nigh impossible to prove any infringements.

I know plenty of couriers and multi drop (non HGV) drivers and not one, ever has been pulled for an hours inspection wheras with HGV's its commonplace.

mattyg · 8 Mar 2017 at 20:50

Scania said:
Given these vehicles don't have tachographs (i.e. any enforcable means of legally proving how many hours driven or hours worked) you'll find the GB domestic rules are largely ignored by the authorities as its nigh impossible to prove any infringements.

I know plenty of couriers and multi drop (non HGV) drivers and not one, ever has been pulled for an hours inspection wheras with HGV's its commonplace.

Most of these vans are tracked though,(and they also have a record of timed deliveries) and in the case of a serious accident it would be pretty easy to prove hours worked. We have to be very careful and keep a record of our guys driving hours luckily none of my 36 drivers go over or even near