During these rest periods, drivers should rest in a manner that is considered to be comfortable and relaxing. This is to help protect a driver’s physical state of health and to ensure that they do not remain fatigued. Driver fatigue is estimated to cause nearly 800 fatalities and approximately 50,000 injuries every single year. The true number may be even higher than that! Those that drive for extended periods of time (10 consecutive hours) dramatically increase the risk of a collision. EU Drivers Hours rules state that all drivers must be allocated a consecutive 11-hour rest in each 24-hour working period.

Statistics indicate that approximately 40% of collisions involving HGVs are caused as a result of driver fatigue. This is all the more reason to ensure that drivers are able to properly rest.