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Since 1 January 2025, a rule that sounds small has reshaped the working rhythm of tens of thousands of long-haul drivers: Road Law 35/2024 and the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety 36/2024 require that a driver not drive more than four continuous hours, and no more than ten hours per day. Rest is no longer a matter of mood — it has become a matter of law.
That raises a very practical question: after every four hours behind the wheel, where does a driver stop to be both compliant and genuinely restored?
When the law creates a new need
CD Restop sees the four-hour limit not as a constraint but as the blueprint for an entire service model. Sleeping pods and rest rooms at each station are laid out to match exactly the rest cadence the law requires — so that the mandatory pause becomes real, quality rest rather than a hurried stop by the roadside.
Charging the vehicle and the person at once
While the vehicle is stopped, everything happens in parallel. Scharge AC/DC chargers replenish the battery through the CCS2 standard and the open OCPP protocol, serving vehicles of every make. At the same time, the driver recharges too:
- Meals at clearly posted, transparent prices
- Standard-compliant restrooms and clean drinking water
- A first-aid health corner right at the station
This is the spirit of "charging your health": the very window in which the battery fills up is also when the driver eats well, sleeps enough and feels at ease.
Three policy currents meeting at one point
The model does not stand alone. QCVN 43:2024/BGTVT requires existing rest stops to meet the new standard before 1 January 2027, opening a window to upgrade infrastructure along entire corridors. In 2026 alone, 29 expressway rest stops are being completed, driving demand for professional rest-stop service operators.
CD Restop positions itself as an "energy and welfare station," sitting precisely where three moving policy currents meet: the standardisation of rest stops, limits on driving hours, and the electrification of transport. Where those currents converge, a stopping point is no longer just a place to refuel — it is where both people and vehicles are cared for.
Learn more about CD Restop's An Sinh (community welfare) model at cdrestop.com.