Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators

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Tachographs in light vehicles

If you use a smaller vehicle (such as a 4x4) for towing, you바카라 사이트™ll 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 drivers바카라 사이트™ hours you바카라 사이트™ll need to make sure it바카라 사이트™s designed to have a tachograph fitted.

Phone DVSA if you바카라 사이트™ve 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. It바카라 사이트™s not always possible to fit a tachograph, however.

DVSA
0300 123 9000
Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 6pm
Find out about call charges

Further help

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

DVSA tachograph section
tachosection@dvsa.gov.uk