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Denmark Category C Truck Theory Test study materials
Denmark Category C Truck Theory Test study resources

Denmark Category C Truck Theory Test: Driving and rest time rules (EU AETR and tachograph)

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Driving and rest time rules (EU AETR and tachograph)

This domain tests the numbers in Regulation 561/2006 (AETR on non-EU journeys) and your practical use of the digital tachograph. Marks are lost on exact figures and on the order of split breaks.

Driving limits

  • Daily driving: 9 hours, extendable to 10 hours twice in a week.
  • Weekly driving: 56 hours maximum; any two consecutive weeks together at most 90 hours.
  • After 4.5 hours of driving you need a break of at least 45 minutes, which may be split into 15 minutes followed by 30 minutes, in that order.

Rests

  • Daily rest: 11 hours within 24 hours of the end of the previous daily or weekly rest. It may be reduced to 9 hours up to three times between weekly rests.
  • Split daily rest: 3 hours plus 9 hours, totalling 12.
  • Weekly rest: 45 hours, reducible to 24 hours with equivalent compensation taken en bloc with a rest of at least 9 hours within three weeks.
  • A regular ferry or train crossing can interrupt a daily or weekly rest by up to one hour if you have access to a cabin or bunk.

Tachograph practice

Insert the driver card and make manual entries for any time not recorded. Use the correct mode: driving, other work, availability, break or rest. Carry printouts and records for the current day and the previous 28 days. The operator must download the driver card every 28 days and the vehicle unit every 90 days.

Worked example. A driver started after an 11-hour rest at 06:00 and has recorded 8 hours 45 minutes of driving, having already used both permitted 10-hour extensions this week. He is asked whether he can take the vehicle for another hour. Answer: no. The daily limit is 9 hours, the two extensions are spent, so only 15 minutes of driving remain today. The weekly total is irrelevant here - the binding limit is the daily one.

Traps that cost marks

  • Splitting the break as 30 plus 15; the 15 must come first.
  • Using other work as a break, or forgetting to switch the mode from availability to break.
  • Missing the 24-hour window in which the daily rest must be completed.