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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.

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.

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

• drivers
• haulage companies

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.

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.

Further help

For further information about fitting tachographs in light vehicles email the DVSA tachograph section.