Working Time Directive

This Technical Concept is relevant to the following services: xRoute, xTour.

Characteristic

Short description

A working time directive is a set of rules that defines break periods and working time limits for persons performing mobile road transport services. It applies to agency workers and those who drive a vehicleThe 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. for the purpose of a trade or business carried on by them, but not to self-employed drivers.

Use

In both xTour and xRoute, the user can choose the EU_2002_15_EC working time directive. If EU_2002_15_EC option is picked, the user can send a working time logbook summary.

Detailed Description

Working Time Directive (Directive 2002/15/EC)

If the working time directive option is chosen, only SingleDayWorkingHours are supported. Therefore the only scheduled break is the "lunch break". The break is either scheduled at a site (either before or after the service) or en routeA route corresponds to a path of a vehicle through the underlying transport network. The main attributes of a route are the distance and the time that the vehicle travels along the path.. The break may be scheduled before it becomes due if it is beneficial because for example waiting is necessary.

A break period of at least 30 minutes becomes due after at most 6 hours working time.
The working time limit per tour is set to (at most) 9 hours.

For xTour, keep in mind that the following conditions must be fulfilled for a valid PlanToursRequest with mobile workers directive:

All distance matrices must be multiple travel times distance matrices.
The planning horizon is set and planning horizon and all driver operating intervals lie within the horizon considered by each multiple travel times distance matrix. The planning horizon can be at most 24 hours.

The following features are not supported in combination with mobile workers directive:

The TourRestriction maximumDrivingTimePerTour must not be set when using multiple travel times distance matrix
As multiple travel times distance matrices are mainly important for use cases within an urban area with short driving times between customers, MultiDayWorkingHours are not supported.
No DrivingTimeRegulation is supported in combination with mobile workers directive.

If the tour travel time exceeds the TourRestriction maximumTravelTimePerTour or the default directive value of 9 hours, a TimeViolation MAXIMUM_TRAVEL_TIME_PER_DRIVER is reported.

Working Time Directive Logbook Summary (Directive 2002/15/EC)

If EU_2002_15_EC option is picked, the user can send a working time logbook summary. Two parameters can be sent:

accumulatedWorkingTimeSinceLastBreak: Accumulated working time since end of last working break. The working break must have at least a duration of 30 minutes. As soon as 6 hours have elapsed, the driver is no longer allowed to work or drive unless he/she takes a break. A value of more than 6 hours has the same effect as 6 hours.
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 9 hours have elapsed, the driver is no longer allowed to work or 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 accumulatedWorkingTimeSinceLastBreak, otherwise an exception is thrown.

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