Guides
Plain-English guides for HGV operators
Tachographs, drivers’ hours and fleet compliance, explained by people who do it every day.
Why you need tachograph and fleet compliance software, and which features matter
What fleet compliance software does for an HGV operator, why spreadsheets stop working, and a checklist of the features worth paying for.
Read the guideHow to get a digital tachograph company card, and what it lets you do
What a company card is, why operators need one, how to apply on GOV.UK, how long it lasts and how to use it to lock in and download vehicle data.
Read the guideHow to download a digital tachograph vehicle unit, step by step
What you need, how often the law says to do it, and the steps to download data from a digital tachograph vehicle unit with a company card and a download key.
Read the guideHow to download a driver card, and how often you must
How often the law says driver cards must be downloaded, the ways of doing it, and what to do when a driver leaves or a card is faulty.
Read the guideWhat time should a tachograph be set to? (It’s UTC)
A digital tachograph records in UTC, not local time. Here is why it looks an hour out in summer, what you can and cannot change, and when a workshop needs to correct it.
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