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Road
Traffic (Driving Hours) Regulations 1999
These regulations
- promote positive fatigue management systems
to ensure the safety of drivers and increase safety for all road
users
- monitor the hours that drivers of heavy trucks
and commercial buses can spend driving, working and resting
- monitor the records that must be kept.
Employers and consignors are responsible for ensuring safe driving
practices and may not roster or require a driver to carry out duties
that could cause the driver to commit a driving hours or speeding
offence.
Compliance with the laws will help employers meet their obligations
under Occupational Health Safety & Welfare (OHS&W) legislation.
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Wed 7th Jan 09
