DVSA Trialing Tachograph Sensing Equipment

DVSA was trialling a new remote tachograph sensing equipment which ended in 2023. This innovative technology will help the government body to pull data from vehicles fitted with smart tachographs, as they travel.

The data will be able to detect the following tachograph violations:

- vehicle motion conflict
- the longest power supply interruption
- a tachograph card is inserted while driving
- if a tachograph card has been tampered with
- tachograph calibration data
- the latest security breach attempt
- sensor fault
- motion data error
- driving without a valid card
- time adjustment data
- vehicle registration data
- speed recorded by the tachograph

The data will not contain information about typical driver's hours offences, such as exceeding daily driving or failing to take a break after 41⁄2 hours. The data exchanged may only be stored by the authorities for the duration of the roadside check; it may not be retained for longer than three hours unless the data indicates a potential manipulation or misuse of the tachograph. The data received cannot lead to automatic penalties or fines.

A lot of people are worried it can see DRIVERS infringements, but this is NOT the case- the remote detection equipment should not be able to read the drivers’ data such as driving time or rest.

This technology is trying to identify the serious criminals on the road and in turn, saves the DVSA time on vehicle stops.

We cover DVSA stop procedures on our CPC modules at National CPC.

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