Driving Time Regulation

Characteristic

Short description

A driving regulation is a set of rules that defines break periods and driving/travel time limits for heavy vehiclesThe term vehicle describes what is being routed or planned for. Vehicles are used in route calculation, distance matrix calculation and effectively also in tour planning. In route calculation, vehicle properties like overall size, weight and speed are in focus. In tour planning, it is vehicle properties like capacity and availability. Commonly a vehicle is motorized, like a truck - including its trailer or a car. However, also a bike or even a pedestrian are included in this definition. drivers. The purpose of a driving regulation law is to improve road safety and ensure good working conditions of drivers.

Use

In xTour, the user can choose the european driving time regulation.
In xRoute, the user can choose between american and european rules and custom options are available for american driving time regulation.

Detailed Description

Drivers of heavy vehiclesThe term vehicle describes what is being routed or planned for. Vehicles are used in route calculation, distance matrix calculation and effectively also in tour planning. In route calculation, vehicle properties like overall size, weight and speed are in focus. In tour planning, it is vehicle properties like capacity and availability. Commonly a vehicle is motorized, like a truck - including its trailer or a car. However also a bike or even a pedestrian are included in this definition. must comply with different regulations:

Those different driving time regulations introduce various limits on driving time and how the driver should rest. As they are completely different from one to another, they define 3 different types of times :

  • A break period of at least 45 minutes becomes due after at most 4.5 hours driving time.
  • A daily rest period of at least 11 hours becomes due after at most 9 hours driving time or 13 hours travel time.
  • For a time horizon of 1 day (SingleDayWorkingHours):
    • The driving time limit per tour is set to (at most) 9 hours.
    • The travel time limit per tour is set to (at most) 13 hours.
  • For a time horizon of multiples days (MultiDayWorkingHours):
    • The driving time limit per tour is set to (at most) 56 hours.
    • The travel time limit per tour is set to (at most) 6 days.

Driving Time Logbook Summary ((EC) No. 561/2006)

If regulation (EC) No. 561/2006 option is picked, the user can send a driving time logbook summary. Three parameters can be sent:

  • accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastBreak: Accumulated driving time since end of last break. As soon as 4.5 hours are accumulated, the driver is no longer allowed to drive unless he/she takes a break. A value of more than 4.5 hours has the same effect as 4.5 hours.
  • accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastDailyRest : Accumulated driving time since end of last daily rest. As soon as 9 hours are accumulated, the driver is no longer allowed to drive unless he/she takes a daily rest. A value of more than 9 hours has the same effect as 9 hours. May not be smaller than accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastBreak, otherwise an exception is thrown.
  • elapsedTimeSinceEndOfLastDailyRest: Elapsed time since end of last daily rest, that is, the time between the end of the last daily rest and the reference time. As soon as 13 hours have elapsed, the driver is no longer allowed to drive or perform service unless he/she takes a daily rest. A value of more than 13 hours has the same effect as 13 hours. May not be smaller than accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastDailyRest, otherwise an exception is thrown.

Please note this regulation is currently not supported by xTour. Setting this regulation in the request will always lead to an exception. However, it can be used with xRoute.

Rules are supported up to the 78 FR 64179 amendment included.

  • A break period of at least 30 minutes becomes due after at most 8 hours travel time.
  • A daily rest period of at least 10 hours becomes due after at most 11 hours driving time or 14 hours travel time.
  • For a time horizon of 1 day (SingleDayWorkingHours):
    • The driving time limit per tour is set to (at most) 11 hours.
    • The travel time limit per tour is set to (at most) 14 hours.
  • For a time horizon of multiples days (MultiDayWorkingHours):
    • The on-duty time limit per tour is set to (at most) 60 hours in 7 consecutive days if vehicles are not operated every day of the week.

For various reasons, the planner (and the driver) may want to change those rules. The field DrivingTimeRegulationOptions_US_FMCSA_395_2013 offers the possibility to create a custom american regulation:

  • The 30 minutes break period can be disabled
  • The 34h restart rule can be disabled
  • The 24h period start can be set to a custom value
  • The weekly on-duty hours limit can be set to SEVEN_DAYS_SIXTY_HOURS_ON_DUTY (7 days / 60h) or EIGHT_DAYS_SEVENTY_HOURS_ON_DUTY (8 days / 70h).

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