Zac_A:
Wiggzy85:
When we put our tacho card in and it comes to manual entry we’ve been told that saying no is ok.That’s because the person who is saying it is “ok” is not the one that will be paying any fines if DVSA or Plod decide to make an issue of it.
You’re an “occasional driver” there’s four options available to you to “create a full record of all work activities”
- masses of MEs - not recommended
- creating your record on the back of an old wax analogue chart - who has any of those lying arounf these days? Very few outfits
- Do a print out of your last driveing day pulling out a good handfull of printer paper, then write it all on the back in week long blocks eg Mon 1st to Fri 5th, 7am to 4pm, breaks 12:00 to 12:45, then repeat for the remainder of your 28 day history
- Or, an official-format DVSA-approved “attestation letter”, filled in on the office computer, printed off and signed. I have a copy of that supplied by a TM FB group
Thanks for your reply so what is the process for a company like us? What do we enter on the tachograph or do we just keep as we are pressing no to manual entry and then whoever is driving for the week keep written records of the week they are driving and working? For the week(s) they are not driving would we still have to make a written entry as well including breaks etc…?
Also in terms of the tacho card then. Do we keep that in the tacho unit until the driver for the day has finished their day completely or when we have finished driving the lorry?
We really want to make sure we get this right but we can’t seem to find any advice for occasional drivers like us. We are getting so many conflicted answers from delivery drivers who deliver to us it’s all so confusing.