(30 Jan 2015, 6:09 pm)Kuyoyo wrote You mean the loopholes that have been used for 6 or 7 years and haven't been outlawed yet
The issues is - X93 arrives in Scarborough an hour and a half late at present with a tachograph, it means the driver will have to taken his or her 35 minutes legal break there as European Driving Hours are upto 4 hours 30 minutes before the meal break must be taken, meaning given the shift pattern he or she would have to take their break there and then. That also then screws up their second half as well.
Under domestic driving hours, the bus could set off straight back as the driver is only 2 hours 32 minutes into his legal 5 hours 30 minutes.
It also helps with covering runs - as a spare Stockton driver could theoretically be able to cover an X93 between Middlesbrough and Whitby using a Stockton vehicle if the need really did arise.
I agree - certainly not all about saving money... Removing the need for tachographs on service X93 could improve reliability of the service (on paper at least!)