Transcript Digital Tachographs June 2006

Digital Tachographs
June 2006
CTAIS / CTA NI
Advice Session
Legislation
Regulation (EC) no. 5621/2006 on "the
Harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to
road transport and amending Council Regulations
(EEC) no. 3821/85 and (EC) no. 2135/98 and
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) no. 3820/85"
was published on 11th April 2006 in the Official
Journal of the European Union. According to Article
27 of Regulation (EC) no. 561/2006 the introduction
of digital tachographs will be mandatory in vehicles
put into service for the first time in the European
Union as from 1st May 2006, namely 20 days after
its publication.
Front view of the Stoneridge digital
tachograph
What is a Digital Tachograph
A digital tachograph is an electronic system for
recording driving and rest times for drivers and
co-drivers of large goods and passenger
vehicles.
The digital tachograph records the vehicle
speed, distance travelled and other systemrelated parameters.
Data is stored in a memory (mass memory)
inside the unit and on driver-specific smart
cards (driver cards).
What is a Digital Tachograph (2)
The digital tachograph systems will replace
existing traditional analogue tachographs using
paper charts.
Vehicles fitted with traditional analogue
tachographs
There is no general obligation to convert
existing vehicles.
If replacing the tachograph on a vehicle first
registered after 1/1/96 a digital tachograph must
be fitted.
Individual parts of the traditional analogue
tachograph can be replaced without the
requirement of converting to a digital
tachograph.
Digital Tachograph
Access Cards
4 different tachograph smart (with memory) cards
Drivers card – to record drivers personal driving/rest
times.
Company card – used by fleets as authorisation to
access the data stored in the mass memory.
Workshop card – used by authorised workshops to
calibrate, check and set the “digital tachograph”.
Control card – enables the control authorities to
monitor and observe the relevant guidelines for road
and operating checks.
Drivers Card
Drivers Card (2)
Information to Identify driver uniquely.
Activity data stored for last 28 working days.
Identification of vehicles used.
Activities (driving, working, active and rest times).
Crew status (1 or 2 driver operation).
Date/time of driver card insertion & withdrawal.
Area in which working day began and ended.
Total distance.
Identity of control official, date/time of last check.
Tachograph events and errors.
Driver Card (3)
The driver card will be issued on application by
the relevant authorities in each EU member
state.
DVLNI for NI drivers.
DoT Road Haulage Division for ROI drivers.
DVLA for GB drivers.
Quicker to have a credit card style driver’s
licence before issue of drivers card (identity
checks).
Drivers Card (4)
Must have received a drivers card before
driving a vehicle with a digital tachograph.
The driver’s card is valid for 5 years, then must
be replaced.
UK cost
ROI cost
£38.00
€50.00
The authorities in the member state must
ensure that a driver is the holder of only one
valid driver card.
Check via TachoNet in Brussels.
Drivers Card (5)
Display warns driver.
15 minutes before a break is due.
After button press.
Moving.
Total driving time since last 45 min break.
Amount of valid break time.
Stationary.
Total driving time since last 45 min break.
Amount of valid break time.
Driving time over last 2 weeks.
Time of current activity.
Recorded activities can be displayed and
printed out.
Driver’s Card – Lost, Stolen or
Malfunctions
Driver must apply for replacement card within 7
days of card being unavailable for use.
Issuing authority must issue replacement within 5
working days.
Meanwhile driver must.
Print data on his driving & rest time at end of journey.
Add personal details.
Sign the printout.
Forbidden to drive a vehicle with a digital
tachograph for more than 15 day without a valid
card (some restricted circumstances).
Vehicle Unit
Last 28 working days activities are stored on the
drivers card (with average use).
Last 365 days activities are stored in the mass
memory (with average use).
Earlier data is lost if not backed up.
Vehicle unit stores vehicle speed history.
Last 24 hours driving (second by second speed trace).
For 28 days, time intervals vehicle moved in preset
speed ranges.
Driving “Out of Scope” recorded by changing
digitac setting.
Driver print-outs
A print out must be made with mixed operations,
i.e. alternately using vehicles with traditional
analogue (paper chart tachographs) and digital
tachographs when the drivers changes vehicle.
A print out must be made and signed at the end
of the journey when driving without a driver card,
e.g. because of loss, theft or fault.
Drivers Card Print-out
Company Card
Company Card (2)
Company related data in the mass memory of
the DTCO may only be downloaded in the fleet
using an authorised key, the so called company
card.
This will be necessary to be used by hire
companies and after resale so prevent later
users from accessing previous users
information.
Data needs to be stored on a secure computer.
Company Card valid for 5 years.
UK cost
ROI cost
£38.00
€50.00
Downloading Tachograph Data
Control Card
Control Card (2)
The control card enables the control official to
access all data that is stored in the mass
memory of the “digital tachograph”.
Essential parameter for the last 230 controls
activities are stored.
Date, time, length, identification of the checked
vehicle, card number of the checked driver card.
It is not planned to store mass memory or driver
card data on the control card.
All “digital tachographs” can be checked with
the control card
Workshop Card
Workshop Card (2)
Used by approved authorised workshops to carry
out checking and calibration of “digital tachograph”.
The workshop card is only available to these
approved authorised calibration workshops.
Approved in NI by VOSA.
Approved in ROI by NSAI.
Releases testing and programming interface for
digital tachographs, stores calibration data and is
used for the test drive.
Workshop Card (3)
Data stored on the workshop card.
Identifying data.
Workshop information, card number, issuing authority,
validity.
Data on the test drive.
Vehicle used, driver activities, events & errors.
Calibration data from 88 tachograph tests, date of
calibration, vehicle data, DTCO identification,
adjustment factors.
The data memory is operated on a rolling
system. Latest data automatically overwrites
oldest stored data.
Workshop Card (4)
Essential data fro the last 88 test are stored on
workshop card.
Initial calibration must include the vehicle
registration number (VRN) so the calibration
has to be done at the pre delivery inspection
(PDI) not on build.
Workshop card valid for 1 year.
UK cost
ROI cost
£0.00
€50.00
Useful links
European legislation.
http://europa.eu.int/euir-les/en/index.html
Monitoring of the implementation of digital
tachographs.
http://www.eu-digitaltachographs.org
Vehicle Operator Services Agency (NI).
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/
Department of Transport (ROI).
http://www.transport.ie/