DTT HGV Tachograph Rules 2

Question 1

What is the digital tachograph driver card used for?

Accepted Answer

Storing the individual driver's personal driving data — it must be inserted before driving

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Starting the vehicle's engine remotely

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Verifying the driver's commercial licence category

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Activating the vehicle's GPS tracking system

Question 2

What should a driver do if their digital tachograph driver card malfunctions mid-journey?

Accepted Answer

Make manual paper records for the rest of the journey and report the malfunction to the employer

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Stop driving immediately until a new card is obtained

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Continue driving normally — the vehicle memory stores all data

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Switch to the back-up analogue mode if fitted

Question 3

What does the tachograph record when the vehicle is stationary but the engine is running?

Accepted Answer

Other work or availability time — depending on which mode the driver selects

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Driving time — engine running is treated as driving

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Rest time automatically

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Nothing — stationary time is not recorded

Question 4

What is the penalty for tampering with or falsifying tachograph records?

Accepted Answer

A serious criminal offence — can result in prosecution, heavy fines, and driving licence disqualification

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A minor fixed charge penalty

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Automatic suspension of the driver's CPC card

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Only applies to employers — not individual drivers

Question 5

What is an 'out-of-scope' journey for tachograph purposes?

Accepted Answer

A journey legally exempt from EU tachograph regulations — such as vehicles under 3.5 tonnes or certain specialised vehicles

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A journey outside Ireland requiring a foreign tachograph disc

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Any journey under 50 km from base

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Night driving exempt from the 24-hour disc rule

Question 6

How should a driver use the tachograph when driving a vehicle from a company different from their usual employer?

Accepted Answer

Insert their own driver card — the card is personal and travels with the driver, not the vehicle

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Use the vehicle's company card

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Leave the tachograph in manual mode for that journey

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Record the journey on paper only