Four European organisations join together in expressing their concerns over the revision of driving and rest time rules for commercial transport. Proposals for longer driving hours, longer working time and shorter rest periods for bus and coach drivers make many...

On 22 February an ETF delegation met with the French Minister of Transport Elisabeth Borne. The meeting was a breath of fresh air! Up in the heights of the European Council building, set in a small meeting room, we all saw the light at the end of the tunnel in a...

“Fatigue in transport is life threatening. Implementation of the Commission proposals will make trucks and buses ticking time bombs on our roads” said Christine Behle, member of Ver.di’s Federal Board, in a press release announcing the union bus & coach action of...

Starting with today, the ETF will lobby for a total change in the driving and rest time rules. We demand for: a) A maximum limit of 8 hours of driving per day, allowing a 9 hour day of driving only twice per week b) Breaks of 60 minutes, every 4 hours of driving time....

The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), the European Federation Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), three major EU organisations representing safety interests of road users and passengers, met with the ETF on Monday 12...

Europe currently has rules about driving and rest time that cover road freight and passenger transport alike – the details are set out in Regulation 561/2006. But bus and coach operators have never accepted the tight limits imposed by this regulation, although even...

My name is Lucian Mititelu and I'm a former driver of the company Bring Trucking A.S. Please take into consideration that I'm not a lawyer, but with what I learned until now I have plenty of questions to which politicians seem to refuse to answer. Into the transport...

Mid-December 2017, just before the winter break, the European Parliament published some of its draft reports on driving and rest time, cabotage, access to occupation and posting of workers. These documents put forward amendments to the European Commission’s Mobility...

20th of December 2017 will be a memorable day for the road transport sector as the European Court of Justice confirmed that the EU driving and rest time rules forbid drivers to spend their weekly rest periods in their vehicles. What is weekly rest in road transport?...

EU member states discuss ETF proposals on Mobility Package The ETF organised a breakfast meeting about the EU Mobility Package with diplomats responsible for transport at the Permanent Representations – the Brussels offices of EU member states. The transport attachés...