Rules and tools for heavy vehicle drivers in Australia, written from the NHVR’s published rules
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Work and rest calculator

For solo drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles on standard hours. Tap Work or Rest as it changes and see when your next rest is due. Your log stays on this device.

How it counts

Time is counted in 15-minute blocks: a block counts as rest only if all of it is rest, so work always rounds up. The calculator checks every rolling period of 5½, 8, 11 and 24 hours and the last 7 days, then works forward from now to find the first moment a limit would be broken if you kept working.

In any period ofMaximum workMinimum rest
5½ hours5¼ hours15 continuous minutes
8 hours7½ hours30 minutes in 15-minute blocks
11 hours10 hours60 minutes in 15-minute blocks
24 hours12 hours7 continuous hours stationary rest
7 days72 hours24 continuous hours stationary rest

What it does not do

The rules in full: work and rest hours.

Questions

Does rest in a moving truck count?
Not for a solo driver on standard hours: the 7-hour and 24-hour rests must be stationary rest, out of the vehicle or in an approved sleeper berth of a stationary vehicle. Only rest counts; tap Rest only when you are resting.
Where is my log stored?
Only in your browser on this device.