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A trucking company lost its bid to overturn a Belgian law banning truck drivers from spending their days off in their rigs, with the European Court of Justice on Wednesday <strong><a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d0f130d51cfae8fd3245486d84ac962d12db4e43.e34KaxiLc3eQc40LaxqMbN4PaNqLe0?text=&docid=198071&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=441890">finding</a></strong> “a lorry’s cabin does not appear to constitute an appropriate resting place for periods longer than daily rest periods.”

LUXEMBOURG – A trucking company lost its bid to overturn a Belgian law banning truck drivers from spending their days off in their rigs, with the European Court of Justice on Wednesday finding “a lorry’s cabin does not appear to constitute an appropriate resting place for periods longer than daily rest periods.”

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