Digital tachograph#Digital card types

A driver card is provided with a memory chip of personal proof of driving and operating data of commercial drivers in commercial passenger and freight transport. The control of mobile workers is carried out by a digital tachograph. With appropriate amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3821/85 by Regulation (EC ) 561 /2006 and following the implementation in Germany by the crew Regulation 2006 additional digital activity reports required to be carried among others, the driving and rest times since May 1.

  • 7.1 EU certificate for consideration days off in accordance with Regulation (EC ) No 561/2006
  • 7.2 Control devices in vans
  • 7.3 driving time, driving time break, rest period
  • 7.4 evaluation options

General

Motor vehicles or teams with a gross vehicle weight ( GVW ) of more than 3.5 tonnes carrying persons or goods on public roads, must 3821/85 with a digital tachograph ( distance-time clerk in accordance with Regulation (EEC ) No or tachograph) be equipped. Of these, certain vehicles are exempt. Vehicles or teams, with a maximum mass less than 3.5 tonnes but is more than 2.8 t, can also be equipped with a digital tachograph. The monitor includes two card slots, in which the driver and, if a passenger has to insert his driver card.

Each remote driver who steers a motor vehicle with a digital tachograph must use a personal driver card, on which a memory chip is available that contains the identity of the driver data. To apply for a proof of identity (identity card or passport), a photograph, a proof of residence and the EU driving license card must be presented. What is needed is a recent passport photograph ( 35 × 45 mm), showing the applicant against a bright background without headgear in half profile. The authorities often demand now a biometric image. The validity of the driver card shall not exceed five years. The card may only be used in conjunction with the valid, appropriate driver's license. The renewal may be submitted to the competent authority at least six months and no later than 15 working days before the expiry date.

The driver card stores the data for at least 28 days. In practice, one finds on the driver card not uncommon activities of several months or even when little is being driven several years. When the max. Storage to overwrite the oldest data. In the digital tachograph, which is called by drivers also briefly DIGI, Black Box or data storage, among others, the actual movement of the vehicle or the speeds of the drives in the last 24 hours are stored second. This data can be read out using a terminal with transfer cable or a card reader from a control officials. Speed ​​values ​​are not stored on the driver card, but only in the tachograph itself

Obligation for the motorist

The driver has his personal driver card while driving to carry with you, which may be either soiled or damaged. He must operate the switch mechanisms of the recording equipment so that driving times, are times with " other work " on-call time as well as work stoppages and daily driving and rest times and recorded separately distinguishable. Furthermore, drivers have the data of the current day and the previous 28 days at any time should an inspecting officer may make available on request. If the necessary data is not included on the printout, they must be noted in handwriting on the printout.

It must be ensured that each time an identification of the driver can be made possible. The prints are then to be signed with the full details. The driver card or the printouts are handed over by the driver at least every 28 days beginning with the first day of recording, storing and the employer for copying in operation.

At least 28 days after the expiry of the validity of a driver card it must still be kept for inspection.

The driver must provide the company with the driver card to store the data in operation available § 2 para 5 FPersV.

Obligation for the entrepreneur

For the correct functioning and proper use of the recording equipment and the driver card by the driver of the operator has to make. In the event of an audit, the operator shall ensure that the term may be appropriately from the digital tachograph. The entrepreneur has access to the control device via its company card.

All data from the memory of the recording equipment shall be every 90 days, and the data of the driver card every 28 days will be copied in operation after recording an event for storage at the latest at the latest. Furthermore, it must make a backup on a second, independent of the first volume of entrepreneurs. This copied data must be archived for one year ( § 4 para 3 p 6- Personnel Act ). After the retention requirement the documents by 31 March of the following calendar year shall be destroyed.

In Austria, the entrepreneur is based on the judgment of the Supreme Court 9 ObA 92/06d-5 committed to the employee to reimburse the cost of the driver card. On the other hand decided the Federal Labour Court for Germany that the employee has no claim against the employer for compensation for the costs of issuing the driver card.

Stored data

Data on the digital driver card

On the driver card or in the memory chip of the control card, the most important data are stored and can be seen on inspection. The driver who has a driver card to record the driving time and rest periods must carry by the Working Time Act, is obliged to hand this card to the inspecting officer.

On the driver card data stored:

  • Name
  • First name
  • Date of birth
  • Date of issue, valid from / to,
  • Name of the issuing authority
  • Driver's license number
  • Card number / card holder identification
  • Photograph
  • Signature

Data in the digital digital tachograph

The storage in the digital digital tachograph may take place automatically or electronically on the chip. In the digital digital tachograph data can also be entered manually, as the symbol of the country at the beginning and at the end of the working day, as well as all other periods of work. An acoustic warning is given 15 minutes before a driving period of 4 ½ hours ends.

In the control unit stored data:

  • Manufacturer data of the control unit and the sensor
  • The vehicle identification number and the vehicle registration number
  • Security elements and events
  • Faults in the driver card and digital recording equipment
  • Identity of the driver
  • Working, driving and rest periods and driving breaks
  • Mileage or distance
  • Activation and workshop data
  • Control activities
  • Data from the last 365 days and the rate for the past actually driven 24 hours in steps of one second

Control card

The body responsible for monitoring the social rules in road transport authorities and bodies have the authority to control driving and rest times. To this end, they have the right to access without restriction to the data stored in the digital tachograph. This access is provided by a control card that identifies the control body and the reading, printing and / or downloading the data stored in the memory or in the driver card information. Control cards will be issued to the police, the trade supervisory and safety agencies, the Customs and the Federal Office for Goods Transport.

During an inspection, the responsible officer can read the following information:

  • Distinguishing sign of the State issuing
  • Validity period (from-to ) and the date of issue
  • Name, date of birth and driver's license number
  • Data relating to the vehicle ( uptime, date, official registration number, mileage)
  • Driving and rest times including breaks and whether the driver drove alone or in a two -manning
  • Events, errors, and current controls

Can also be seen at any downloading or when the driver card controlled:

  • Name and address of the agency,
  • Control activities as the date, time and type,
  • Downloaded period,
  • Registration number of the truck.

Workshop card

The maintenance of the digital recording equipment must be made by approved workshops. For the required in this context, inspection and repair, and calibration of the recording equipment or to download the data, and data backup workshop cards are issued to qualified workshop personnel.

The workshop cards are owned by the workshop. For her exhibition is a training certificate the responsible specialist, for the workshop card is requested, is required. The workshop card identifies the cardholder and is provided with the data of the recognized specialist and workshop. Any person may hold a workshop card.

Theft, loss or defect

The driver card must never be allowed to be anywhere and not be left unattended in the vehicle. The driver card are generally loaned to any other drivers. In case of loss or theft, as well as damage to or malfunction of the driver card the details of the truck are at the beginning of the journey, print out, in this expression is the name, enter the number of the driver card or driver's license and sign it. Loss of the driver card must be reported to the competent authority; within 7 days to request a new one.

If the driver card is damaged, it must be sent back to the requesting department to contact. The drive without a driver card may then be continued more than 15 calendar days. With a longer period of time if this is necessary to return the vehicle to the contractor site, it must be shown that it was impossible to submit the card during this period or use it.

In operation, failure or malfunction of the control device, the indication of the timing groups, along with the personal details (name, driver's license or driver card number) are on the record sheet or a separate sheet to be noted and signed. When a malfunction of the recording equipment, the operator shall be carried out the repair by a licensed professional or an authorized repairer.

EU - certificate for consideration days off in accordance with Regulation (EC ) No 561/2006

Who commercial transports goods or persons transported must in principle can demonstrate evidence of its activities for every day of the year.

If there are for a day, so the period from 0:00 clock to 24:00 clock, no records to the driving and rest times, the driver must provide proof why he can not provide records or why he followed not his driver activity is. Overlap of driving and rest time records and certificates for consideration -free days should be strictly avoided. Since the end of 2009, only the form of the European Commission for drivers for the detection of vacation, sick days and other consideration -free days may be used.

The following reasons into consideration can be drawn: The driver

  • Was on sick leave
  • Or he was on annual leave
  • And he took no vehicle that is subject to recording and has drawn no vehicle or for any other reason, because he was busy elsewhere in the company.

Control devices in vans

If a vehicle with a DTCO in Annex I ( analog recording equipment with record sheets of paper) or IB (digital tachograph ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3821/85 equipped, drivers must use this control devices mandatory. This also applies if the device voluntarily by the vehicle owner or manufacturer - was built - without a corresponding legal obligation. The otherwise necessary manual record, for example in the form of the so-called daily control sheet or log book may not be used in this case.

Previously the driver 7 FPersV old version had according to § 6 para freedom of choice, which he preferred recording mode.

After FPersV have driver:

  • Of vehicles used for the carriage of goods and having a maximum permissible total weight including trailer or semi-trailer is more than 2.8 tonnes and not more than 3.5 tonnes and
  • Of vehicles that are subject to the possibility to carry more than nine persons.
  • Driving time, driving time break and rest periods in the range 2.8 to 3.5 t perm after FPersV and over 3.5 tonnes GVW under Regulation (EC ) No 561/2006 must be observed.

Note: When using a trailer the gross vehicle weight of the towing vehicle and the trailer, as specified in the vehicle documents are added together.

Driving time, driving time break, rest period

When driving time such times that are actually spent with driver activity apply. For driving time also includes the temporary standing of the vehicle, if, in the general view is part of the driving process. So the time for a traffic-related stay at traffic lights at a level crossing at intersections, in traffic jams or at the border of the driving time is attributable. On the other hand are driving breaks, including for less than 15 minutes, then not on driving time, if they occur for reasons other than the reasons mentioned above and the driver can thereby leave his place on the steering wheel.

Driving breaks must be made within the stipulated 4.5 hours driving time or immediately thereafter. During a driving time of interruption driver may not carry out any other work (eg loading or unloading, maintenance and repair work ). In contrast, waiting times count as driving time interruption, provided that they are not attributable to the driving process according to general traffic intuition. For this example, waiting times can be expected at the border crossing or when loading or unloading the vehicle. The same applies to the times on the passenger seat or in the sleeping compartment in the vehicle as well as ferry and rail journeys.

Each interruption of a total of 45 minutes ( or in several parts ) begins a new, more relevant to the interruption of driving time of 4.5 hours. This means that even after, for example, only 2 hours driving time, followed by 45 - minute break begins a new period of driving time of 4.5 hours. However, driving breaks should not be attributed to the daily rest period.

Daily rest is the daily period during which a driver may freely dispose of his time and includes a regular daily rest period and one reduced daily rest period. The regular daily rest period is a period of rest of at least 11 hours. This regular daily rest period may be taken in two parts, the first part of a continuous period of at least 3 hours and the second part has an uninterrupted period of at least 9 hours. The reduced daily rest period is a period of rest of at least 9 hours but less than 11 hours.

No rest periods are times of work or standby duty as well as the time spent in vehicle cabin times. The daily rest period may, however, be taken in a vehicle unless it is equipped with a bunk and is stationary.

The driver must take a daily rest period within a 24 -hour time period, which does not have to be identical to a calendar day.

A special feature applies to driver of a vehicle which is transported in combined transport with a ferry or train. His daily rest period may be interrupted once when the following conditions are met: A portion of the daily rest period must be spent on the train / boat, the other part of the country. The period between the two parts of a daily rest period must be as short as possible and shall prior to the loading of the vehicle or after exiting the vehicle from the ferryboat or the train does not exceed one hour. The process of loading or of leaving also includes customs clearance. The driver must be provided during the two parts of the rest period, a bed or sleeping cabin.

Weekly rest period is the weekly period during which a driver may freely dispose of his time and includes a regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period. The regular weekly rest period, a rest period of at least 45 hours, the reduced weekly rest period a break of less than 45 hours, which can be reduced to a minimum of 24 consecutive hours.

Evaluation options

Thanks to the digital driver cards, it is the control authorities and motorists now very quick and easy to evaluate the activities.

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