Franglais:
Carryfast:
From memory gritters were in scope of domestic regs like other council use HGV’s so log book not tachos.
But generally gritting is reserved for road maintenance operatives.Yep,
No need for DCPC card because youre not moving goods commercially. Gritters are Road Maintenance, and so are exempt from EU rules [gov.uk/guidance/drivers-hou ... erogations](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/drivers-hours-goods-vehicles/1-eu-and-aetr-rules-on-drivers-hours#exemptions-and-derogations) So no need for tacho card either. If a tacho is fitted you could use it as an alternative to log books but it isnt legally necessary.
I can remember an argument involving private contractors like AJ Bull and Drinkwater saying that our in house bulk refuse transport was in competition with them so should be subject to tacho rules like them.I was still using a log book to drive them, like everything else, when I left so not sure how that argument ended but I think tachos were retro fitted to our ro ro multilift vehicles at least ready for any required changes affecting them.