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What does legislation require?
Since May of 2006, all newly licensed HGVs of more than 3.5 t 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 / 2006.
To fulfil your legal obligations as a fleet operator, you must regularly download and archive the data from your
digital tachographs and driver cards.
What you must do to comply with the law:
•
Driver card data
must be down-
loaded and electronically
archived
every 28 days* at the latest.
•
Digital tachograph vehicle data
must be downloaded and
archived
every 3 months* at the latest.
• All
vehicle and driver data
must
be stored for a period of 1 year*
and, if necessary, made available
to the authorities for inspection.
*Legislation may be country-specific and must be adhered to accordingly.
Depending on your company-specific requirements, VDO offers you various archiving and data
management solutions, all of which comply fully with the legal regulations. These solutions also offer you
various options for data evaluation and support with the optimisation of your operational procedures.
