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Replacement Card
A replacement card must be collected from a DVLA local office or VOSA vehicle test station by
the driver when it has been lost or stolen or exchanged. The driver should nominate where to
collect the card and DVLA will write to the driver when the card is ready for collection. The driver
must prove his identity by providing for example a passport or driving licence.
Where a Driver Card is damaged, malfunctions, or is lost or stolen the driver must:
(a) at the start of his journey, print out the details of the vehicle and shall enter onto that printout:
(i) details that enable the driver to be identified (name, driver card or driver's licence
number), including his signature;
(ii) any mode entries prior to taking over the vehicle
(b) at the end of his journey, print out the information relating to periods of time recorded by the
recording equipment, record any periods of other work, availability and rest undertaken since the
printout that was made at the start of the journey, where not recorded by the tachograph, and
mark on that document details that enable the driver to be identified (name, driver card or driver's
licence number), including the driver's signature.
Tachograph checks during normal digital tachograph operation and mixed tachograph
work:
When using a vehicle with an analogue tachograph a driver must be able to produce:
- the record sheets for the current day and those used by the driver in the previous 28
calendar days;
- the driver card if he holds one, and
- any manual record and legal printout made during the current day and the previous 28
calendar days as required (i.e. when a drivers card has been lost, stolen or malfunctions)
When using a vehicle with a digital tachograph a driver must be able to produce:
- the driver card of which he is holder;
- any manual record and legal printout made during the current day and the previous 28
calendar days as required (i.e. when a drivers card has been lost, stolen or malfunctions)
- the record sheets for the current day and those used by the driver in the previous
28 calendar days during when he drove a vehicle fitted with analogue recording
equipment
Downloading Requirements
Driver Cards must be downloaded at least every 28 days and Digital Tachographs must be
downloaded every 56 days, but in any case often enough to ensure that no data is lost.
Downloading means copying the information from the Digital Tachograph and Driver Card
– it
does not delete it. The VU holds approx. 365 days and the driver card holds approx. 28 days of
data, after which the oldest data is overwritten.
IMPORTANT:
These brief instructions should not be regarded as a substitute for the DTCO 1381
instructions as prescribed by EU Regulation (EEC) no. 3821/85, Annex IB.
These instructions are for general guidance only and should not be regarded as a complete or authoritative
statement of the law. Further information on legislation can be obtained from 561/2006 and 3821/85 (as
amended) regulations.
