Tachographs in light vehicles

If you use a smaller vehicle (such as a 4x4) for towing, you鈥檒l only need a tachograph if its total weight is more than 3.5 tonnes. Fitting a tachograph Read the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) guidance on where you can fit a tachograph unit in a vehicle . Buying or leasing a vehicle If you buy or lease a vehicle and it comes under the EU or AETR rules on drivers鈥� hours you鈥檒l need to make sure it鈥檚 designed to have a tachograph fitted. Phone DVSA if you鈥檝e already bought a vehicle and are having problems fitting it with a tachograph. They can tell you where your nearest Approved Tachograph Centre is. The Tachograph Centre can give you advice and help you get it fitted. It鈥檚 not always possible to fit a tachograph, however. DVSA 0300 123 9000 Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 6pm Find out about call charges Further help For further information about fitting tachographs in light vehicles email the DVSA tachograph section. DVSA tachograph section tachosection@dvsa.gov.uk

Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators: Overview

Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators

Overview

Tachographs record information about driving time, speed and distance. They鈥檙e used to make sure drivers and employers follow the rules on drivers鈥� hours.

When you need a tachograph

You must use a tachograph if the vehicle you鈥檙e driving comes under EU or AETR rules.

Find out if EU or AETR rules apply to the passenger carrying vehicle or goods vehicle that you鈥檙e driving.

Exemptions

You don鈥檛 have to use a tachograph if your vehicle isn鈥檛 covered by EU rules or if it鈥檚 exempt from EU rules on drivers鈥� hours.

Types of tachograph

There are 2 types of tachograph - analogue and digital.

All commercial vehicles first registered on or after 1 May 2006 must be fitted with digital tachographs. Otherwise you can use an analogue tachograph.

Information from digital tachographs is saved on smart cards so it can be checked later. There are different types of card for:

Further information

Read the guides on drivers鈥� hours and tachographs for goods vehicles and passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs). They include the rules on:

analogue tachographs - including proper record keeping and filling in 鈥榗entrefield鈥� entries
digital tachographs - including using drivers鈥� cards, lost, stolen or faulty cards, setting the time and manual record keeping
common rules for all tachographs - including 鈥榤ulti-manning鈥� and keeping 2nd driver records, recording other work, rest-days and days off
responsibilities of operators - including calibrating and maintaining tachograph equipment
what happens if you don鈥檛 follow the rules

There are specific rules for tachographs and horse boxes or trailers and tachographs and recovery vehicles.

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