# How to schedule delivery driver breaks into your delivery runs

> **Note:**
> This feature requires Breww's Advanced Deliveries Addon to function. [Find out more](https://breww.com/features/advanced_deliveries/) or [subscribe here](https://breww.com/settings/addons/advanced_deliveries/).

You can define driver breaks in your Breww settings, and then when optimising delivery runs, Breww will schedule the required breaks into your runs. Breaks can be configured in **Settings** -> **Deliveries** -> **Delivery options & defaults**.

Breww will also intelligently not schedule a break if a break isn't required (e.g. on a short route).

The break set here is your account default. A vehicle profile can use its own break instead, or no break at all, so different vehicles can follow different rules. See [Use Vehicle Profiles to further customise delivery routing](https://breww.com/docs/vehicle-profiles/).

There are two types of break that you can choose between:

- Time window (e.g. lunch break)
- Drive time (e.g. driving regulations)

## Time window (e.g. lunch break)

Simply set your break duration and the times that it should occur between. In the example screenshot below, this would schedule a 30 minute break between 12 noon and 2pm.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/breww-user-uploads/markdown-external/8aa5c98f6df146a7e79ee58f0aecc93a8cfdc20782e3c665d1d8c603d6184ba1.png)

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## Drive time (e.g. driving regulations)

This type of break is ideal for meeting driving regulations, such as the [EU Drivers' Hours](https://www.gov.uk/drivers-hours/eu-rules) (which still apply in the UK).

The below screenshot shows the options for configuring a break of this type in Breww. The options should be fairly self-explanatory, although they are a little more complicated than the options on a "Time window" style of break.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/breww-user-uploads/markdown-external/b262bfc7fab6ee0a5c173bb6928e2e7ac8190b189a1df0a3faf2fd760a5117c3.png)

It's your responsibility to ensure that you are compliant with any applicable driving regulations and to ensure that any breaks that are generated by Breww do in-fact cover your requirements. For example, the EU Drivers' Hours have more rules than a break alone can cover, such as the requirement for at least 11 hours of rest every day. A vehicle profile's **Driver hours** can set daily limits and a minimum daily rest, and overnight rests on [multi-day runs](https://breww.com/docs/multi-day-delivery-runs/) use that minimum rest. Breww can also be configured to help you meet the "a break or breaks totalling at least 45 minutes after no more than 4 hours 30 minutes driving" requirements. The screenshot above shows how to configure this particular requirement in Breww (and allow the 45 minute break to be taken in two parts, a 15 minute break and 30 minute break).

## Looking to further customise how routing works and which vehicles can handle which deliveries?

Please see our other guide: [Vehicle profiles](https://breww.com/docs/vehicle-profiles/).