Driving and Resting Time Law
The Driving and Resting Time Law functionality helps you keep trip planning compliant with driving and rest time regulations — commonly known as the EU 561/2006 "rij- en rusttijden" rules. When a planned trip would exceed a configured driving or work-time limit, the system automatically inserts a rest activity into the trip, instead of only flagging a violation afterwards.
Overview
Driving and Resting Time Law helps you:
- Automatically insert a rest stop into a trip once a driving or work-time limit is reached
- Configure separate limits for a single driver and for multiple drivers on the same trip
- Apply different limits per trip calculation type, or to a specific set of trips using a table filter
- Exclude specific activity types from counting toward the driving/resting time calculation
Set up a resting law profile
- Choose the
icon, enter Resting Law Setup List, and then choose the related link. - Choose New to create a profile.
- Fill in the fields as necessary. The following table describes key fields.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Trip Calculation Type | The trip calculation type this profile applies to (matches the Activity Calculation Type set on the trip's Plan Department). |
| Description | A description of the profile. |
| Table filter | An optional filter on the trip. Use this to apply different limits to different plan departments, vehicle types, or other trip criteria. |
Note
If more than one profile matches a trip, the first one found is used. Make sure your table filters don't overlap between profiles for the same Trip Calculation Type.
Configure driving law limits
Under Driving Law Setup, enable Driving Law Enabled and fill in the limits for Single Driver and Multi Driver trips separately — a trip with two or more driver resources uses the Multi Driver limits.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Short Stop After (hr) | The cumulative driving time after which a short break is required. |
| Short Stop Duration (hr) | The duration of that short break. |
| Max. Driving Limit (hr) | The maximum cumulative driving time before a long break is required. |
Configure resting law limits
Under Resting Law Setup, enable Resting Law Enabled and set a Work Starting Activity Code — the activity from which cumulative work time starts counting. If left empty, the first activity of type Start Trip on the trip is used. Fill in the limits for Single Driver and Multi Driver trips separately.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Work Threshold 1 (hr) / Work Threshold 2 (hr) | The cumulative work time after which the first and second break become due. |
| First Break After (hr) / First Break Duration (hr) | When the first break is due, and how long it must last. |
| Second Break After (hr) / Second Break Duration (hr) | When the second break is due, and how long it must last. |
| Long Stop After (hr) / Long Stop Duration (hr) | The cumulative time after which a long break is required, and its duration. |
Note
Resting Law only counts work time — any activity that isn't itself a rest activity — not just driving time. Driving Law only counts time on Drive-type activities.
Exclude activities from the calculation
Every activity has a Rest Activity for Law field that decides whether time spent on it counts as rest or as work in the resting law calculation:
- When it's turned on, the activity's time counts as rest. It adds to the resting law's rest total, which can satisfy the first or second required break.
- When it's turned off, the activity's time counts as work. It adds to the long-stop, first-break, and second-break counters. (A Drive-type activity always also adds to the drive-limit and short-stop counters, regardless of this field.)
Use this field to keep loading or unloading time from being counted as a break. If a driver's loading or unloading activity is currently counted as rest, turn off Rest Activity for Law on that activity so its time counts as work instead:
- Choose the icon, enter Activity List, and then choose the related link.
- On the activity you want to exclude from the rest calculation, turn off Rest Activity for Law.
Note
On an environment upgraded from an earlier version, Rest Activity for Law is turned on for every existing activity except Drive activities, to preserve the previous calculation behavior. Activities you create after upgrading default to off.
Important
Activities of type Rest always have Rest Activity for Law turned on. You can't turn it off for a Rest-type activity — doing so gives the error "Rest activities cannot be excluded in law on resting time calculation."