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richwater 5 days ago

> that is 8-10 hours of constant motorway speed driving and its not safe to drive that long

[citation needed] considering plenty of people do it all the time (truck drivers)

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Symbiote 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

In Europe, lorry drivers are required to take a 45 minute break after 4.5 hours of driving.

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BLKNSLVR 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think having to resort to citing such a niche as truck drivers kinda makes the opposite point fairly well.

Having said that, I've taken lots of road trips in my day and it would be a change up to how they're planned, and I would have some concern about placement / availability. But then that's why, when we bought an EV for the 99% of our family use case we didn't immediately scrap yard our previous cars, which seemed to be what some family members expected when we told them we were considering getting an electric car.

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laughing_man 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Aren't truck drivers required to take breaks by law?

	▲	somerandomqaguy 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		By Canadian law IIRC it's 30 minutes every 8 hours or so. However it can still be split up to 2x 15 minute breaks, and it's only a break from driving; loading/unloading, inspections, hooking up or unhook, paperwork, etc is counted as as taking a break. The lower provinces allow up to 13 hours per day of driving and a total 14 hours per day on duty time before you're required to take a 10 hour rest in a single 24 hour period. The northern territories I believe legally allow up to 15 hours driving per day. That's just what I've read so take it for what it's worth.