What does legislation require?
Since May of 006, all newly licensed HGV’s of more than 3.5t and vehicles
for the conveyance of more than 9 passengers including the driver must
be equipped with a digital tachograph, in accordance with Regulation (EC)
No. 561/006.
All vehicle data from digital tachographs and driver data from driver cards must be archived in accordance with
legislation. At least one company card must be available per company and every driver who drives a vehicle
equipped with a digital tachograph must have his own driver card. Card validity and archiving time limit regula-
tions are country-specific and must be adhered to accordingly.
The
vehicle registration numbers
of all newly licensed vehicles must
be
entered in the digital tacho-
graphs
by an authorised workshop
within 14 days after vehicle registra-
tion.
Driver card data
must be down-
loaded and electronically
archived
every 28 days* at the latest.
The
vehicle data from digital
tachographs
must be downloaded
and electronically
archived
every
3 months* at the latest.
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The company transport officer must
check the downloaded data
and
ensure that driving times and rest
periods are adhered to. If infringe-
ments occur, he must
inform
the
driver
and warn him accordingly.
In order to ensure a high level of
data security, the data archive must
be regularly
backed up to a sepa-
rate data disk.
All
vehicle and driver data
must be
stored
for a period of 1 year*
and,
if necessary, made available to the
authorities for inspection.
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There are various systems on the market today which can accomplish all these tasks. The systems differ
greatly as regards user friendliness, flexibility, reliability and additional functions – even if they do fulfil all the
legal requirements.
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In accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006, Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85,
Regulation (EC) No. 1360/2002 the following specific provisions apply:
You can of course equip older vehicles with digital tachographs as well – this is extremely useful if you
wish to carry out really intensive comparative evaluations of vehicle and driver data in order to optimise
your operations. Your VDO service partner will be pleased to provide assistance should you require it.
Legislation
*Legislation may be country-specific and must be adhered to accordingly.
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