Fact Sheet - Recording Domestic Hours Using Tachograph Requirements Record keeping options

Fact Sheet Recording Domestic Hours Using Tachograph † Vehicles used for the carriage of goods that are out of Does the driver drive a vehicle in scope of operator licensing scope or exempt from the EU drivers’ hours rules are on this day? subject instead to domestic drivers’ hours rules of the No Yes relevant country. [...] If operators choose to use a tachograph rather This may be the preferred option for those operations or than a log book to make legally required records, they must vehicles that are mostly, but not entirely, out of scope of comply with ALL of the rules in relation to the tachograph’s the EU rules. [...] At the beginning of periods where the driver is out of scope of the EU rules, the The Department for Transport has confirmed that vehicles driver should put the out of scope flag on the recordings. [...] Under the EU drivers’ hours rules, drivers are required to Provided the seals remain intact and the vehicle remains record all other work and rest, including work for other out of scope of the EU drivers’ hours rules, the tachograph employers, within a fixed week (00:00 Monday – 24:00 will not have to be recalibrated every two years. [...] • Be able to produce at the roadside: When ignoring the tachograph — Charts and any legally required manual records for the When the driver comes in scope of the rules they should current day and the previous 28 calendar days.