Characteristic
Short description
A driving regulation is a set of rules that defines break periods and driving/travel time limits for heavy vehiclesThe 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. drivers. The purpose of a driving regulation law is to improve road safety and ensure good working conditions of drivers.
Use
The user can choose between the European driving time regulation and the US American driving time regulation.
Additionally in xRoute, the user can choose custom options.
Detailed Description
Drivers of heavy vehicles
The 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. must comply with different regulations:
- In the European Union, they operate under the Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006.
- In the United States of America, they operate under the Hours of Service Regulations stated in the current version of 49 CFR 395.
Those different driving time regulations introduce various limits on driving time and how the driver should rest. As they are completely different from one to another, they define 3 different types of times :
- Driving Time: Driving time includes only durations when the driver is driving.
- Travel Time: Travel Time includes driving time, break periods and service time.
- On-duty Time: On-duty Time includes driving time and service time. Depending on the duration, it can also include waiting time. It is only relevant for US driving regulation.
The US Hours of Service regulations have changed over the years. For compatibility reasons, we still offer to use the outdated version of 2013. The most recent version that we support is the version of 2020.
- A break period of at least 45 minutes becomes due after at most 4.5 hours driving time.
- A daily rest period of at least 11 hours becomes due after at most 9 hours driving time or 13 hours travel time.
- For a time horizon of 1 day (SingleDayWorkingHours):
- The driving time limit per tour is set to (at most) 9 hours.
- The travel time limit per tour is set to (at most) 13 hours.
- For a time horizon of multiples days (MultiDayWorkingHours):
- The driving time limit per tour is set to (at most) 56 hours.
- The travel time limit per tour is set to (at most) 6 days.
Driving Time Logbook Summary ((EC) No. 561/2006)
If regulation (EC) No. 561/2006 option is picked, the user can send a driving time logbook summary. Three parameters can be sent:
- accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastBreak: Accumulated driving time since end of last break. As soon as 4.5 hours are accumulated, the driver is no longer allowed to drive unless he/she takes a break. A value of more than 4.5 hours has the same effect as 4.5 hours.
- accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastDailyRest : Accumulated driving time since end of last daily rest. As soon as 9 hours are accumulated, the driver is no longer allowed to 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 accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastBreak, otherwise an exception is thrown.
- 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 13 hours have elapsed, the driver is no longer allowed to drive or perform service unless he/she takes a daily rest. A value of more than 13 hours has the same effect as 13 hours. May not be smaller than accumulatedDrivingTimeSinceLastDailyRest, otherwise an exception is thrown.
This regulation is not supported by xTour. Setting this regulation in the request will always lead to an exception. However, it can be used with xRoute.
Rules are supported up to the 78 FR 64179 amendment included.
- A break period of at least 30 minutes becomes due after at most 8 hours travel time.
- A daily rest period of at least 10 hours becomes due after at most 11 hours driving time or 14 hours travel time.
- For a time horizon of 1 day (SingleDayWorkingHours):
- The driving time limit per tour is set to (at most) 11 hours.
- The travel time limit per tour is set to (at most) 14 hours.
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For a time horizon of multiple days (MultiDayWorkingHours):
- The on-duty time limit per tour is set to (at most) 60 hours in 7 consecutive days if vehicles are not operated every day of the week.
For various reasons, the planner (and the driver) may want to change those rules. The field DrivingTimeRegulationOptions_US_FMCSA_395_2013 offers the possibility to create a custom American regulation:
- The 30 minutes break period can be disabled
- The 34h restart rule can be disabled
- The 24h period start can be set to a custom value
- The weekly on-duty hours limit can be set to SEVEN_DAYS_SIXTY_HOURS_ON_DUTY (7 days / 60h) or EIGHT_DAYS_SEVENTY_HOURS_ON_DUTY (8 days / 70h).
We support the following two rules in both xTour and xRoute:
- A break period of at least 30 minutes becomes due after at most 8 hours driving time.
- A daily rest period of at least 10 hours becomes due after at most 11 hours driving time or 14 hours travel time.
For a time horizon of 1 day (SingleDayWorkingHours), these rules imply a driving time limit per tour of (at most) 11 hours and a travel time limit per tour of (at most) 14 hours.
Weekly rules, that is, rules that are only relevant if the planning horizon spans a week or more, are not supported by xTour. Setting the corresponding fields in the regulation options leads to an exception.
Additionally we support the following rules in xRoute only:
- The on-duty time limit per tour is set to (at most) 60 hours in 7 consecutive days if vehicles are not operated every day of the week.
- After a period of 34h off-duty time, the accumulated on-duty time restarts at zero.
- A 24h period starts at 12:00 a.m./midnight.
For various reasons, the planner (and the driver) may want to change those rules. The field drivingTimeRegulationOptions_US_FMCSA_395_2020 offers the possibility to create a custom American regulation:
- The 30 minutes break period can be disabled.
- The 34h restart rule can be disabled.
- The 24h period start can be set to a custom value.
- The weekly on-duty hours limit can be set to SEVEN_DAYS_SIXTY_HOURS_ON_DUTY (7 days / 60h) or EIGHT_DAYS_SEVENTY_HOURS_ON_DUTY (8 days / 70h).
The field drivingTimeRegulationOptions_US_FMCSA_395_2020is not supported by xTour. Consider using a configurable working hours preset instead.
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