My neighbour works as a night trunker, his digi card expires at midnight on Monday ( I think ) , he has his replacement card, does he stop and switch cards, or carry on and take a print out when he finishes his shift. He phoned dvla and his local vosa and got two seperate answers. Does anybody know the correct procedure. Thanks in advance.
pete-b:
My neighbour works as a night trunker, his digi card expires at midnight on Monday ( I think ) , he has his replacement card, does he stop and switch cards, or carry on and take a print out when he finishes his shift. He phoned dvla and his local vosa and got two seperate answers. Does anybody know the correct procedure. Thanks in advance.
From an earlier thread, not sure if the early expiry is still a glitch, but taking a printout might be a good idea!
Wheel Nut:
Just looking at card renewals and found this on the government business link website. As many cards must now be coming up for renewal or even past that date, this may be of interest.Early chip expiry
DVLA is aware of an issue with driver and company cards issued before 26 August 2006. Driver cards will stop recording activity and company cards will stop locking or unlocking and downloading data 24 hours before the expiry date. Estimates are that 65,000 driver cards and 14,000 company cards will be affected. Any cards replaced since 26 August 2006 will not be affected.
The affected cards will show as invalid for this day and will be treated as malfunctioning. There is no need to notify DVLA or return the card on this occasion. Cardholders can continue to drive on this day but must keep records using the print out facility on the Vehicle Unit (VU).
When DVLA issue the renewal reminders the affected cardholders will be informed of this problem and advised of the VU printouts procedures. DVLA will also inform cardholders on where they can find additional information, including how to contact one of Vehicle and Operator Service Agency’s (VOSA) traffic examiners.
How to keep drivers’ hours records using printouts produced by the VUA daily activities printout must be produced from the VU on the last two days before the expiry date of your card.
You need to do this:
- when you take over the vehicle
- when you leave the vehicle
On these two days do not produce a printout from your driver card, as this may be blank.
The printouts must be clearly endorsed with:
- driver name
- driver licence and/or driver card number
- any manual entries needed to show periods of other work, availability and rest or break
- the driver’s signature.
You must:
- retain these printouts along with your card, as records of your work for 28 days
- keep them in your possession when driving so you can produce them at the roadside
- ensure that you or your employer downloads the data from your expired driver card as soon as possible
- return the printouts to your employer within 42 days of printing them
You or your employer needs to store the printouts safely for 12 months or up to two years if they are used as records for calculating your working time, under the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005.
If your card is in a VU when it expires you must remove it and insert your new card. This must be done immediately, or as soon as it is safe for you to do so.
Your new card will start to record data from the start of validity date, which can be found in field 4a on the front of the card.
Thanks Wheel nut 
info passed on.