Description
By the end of this course, drivers will be able to:
Demonstrate an improved understanding of EU Drivers’ Hours rules, including daily and weekly driving limits, breaks, rest requirements, and common compliance errors identified during enforcement activity.
Explain the requirements of the Road Transport (Working Time) Directive, including maximum working hours, reference periods, breaks, rest, and record-keeping responsibilities.
Apply key Highway Code principles to real-life driving scenarios, improving decision-making, hazard awareness, and legal compliance while driving on public roads. Identify current updates and changes in driving regulations, ensuring drivers remain informed of their ongoing legal obligations and best practice expectations. Understand the importance of load safety, including recognising insecure, uneven, or unsafe loads and distinguishing between:
Loading-related issues, and Driving behaviours that can contribute to load movement or instability. Recognise the legal and safety importance of daily walk-around defect checks, including:
What must be checked. How defects should be reported. The consequences of failing to identify or report defects. Review real operational data from a year of random gatehouse checks, enabling drivers to:
Identify common defects and compliance failures Understand enforcement outcomes.
Appreciate how individual actions impact operator compliance and road safety. Actively participate in quiz-based learning, reinforcing knowledge through four structured quiz rounds covering:
EU Drivers’ Hours Working Time Directive Highway Code General driving and safety awareness
Subject Areas
- Legislation (Hours/WTD/Regs)
- Legislation for Carriage of Goods
- Health, Safety & Emergencies
- First Aid
- Professional Driver & Company Issues