Company Cars To Have Tachographs

Monday, 23. June 2008

There has been a great deal of talk recently about extending the use of tachographs to all vehicles used for business as it seems unfair that the driver of a commercial vehicle is covered by European driving hours directives whilst sales people and service engineers driving small vans or cars aren’t but are just as likely to fall asleep at the wheel. However, many are not aware that the law already applies if the car, or 4×4, plus trailer plated gross weight exceeds 3.5tonnes. If this is the case the vehicle should be fitted with a tacho and drivers conform to the regulations. As many 4×4’s are not enabled for the fitting of digital tachos it is more than likely that any you see on the road pulling a heavy trailer on company business are not technically legal and therefore possibly uninsured. Something you should check if you are one of those drivers.