Hi again folks, this may be a stupid question but here goes 
Can someone tell me how you go about getting your digital tacho card and whats involved??
Thanks folks 
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rich32:
Hi again folks, this may be a stupid question
Well, not stupid in its own right, but itâs been asked so many times that itâs gained âstupid questionâ statusâŚ
rich32:
but here goes
Can someone tell me how you go about getting your digital tacho card and whats involved??
Thanks folks
Get a form from the DVLA (phone number on www.digitaltachograph.gov.uk ).
Fill in the form. The photograph/ID you require will depend on whether youâve got a photocard driving license, digital passport or neither - details in the booklet that they send with the form.
Send the form back with your ÂŁ38 fee.
Wait up to 15 days.
See your shiny new digital tachograph card land on your doorstep.
Hope that this question isnât as stupid - do you have to have passed your LGV test before applying for a digi tachograph card? Or can you go ahead and buy it beforehand?
MrFlibble:
rich32:
Hi again folks, this may be a stupid questionWell, not stupid in its own right, but itâs been asked so many times that itâs gained âstupid questionâ statusâŚ
rich32:
but here goes
Can someone tell me how you go about getting your digital tacho card and whats involved??
Thanks folksGet a form from the DVLA (phone number on www.digitaltachograph.gov.uk ).
Fill in the form. The photograph/ID you require will depend on whether youâve got a photocard driving license, digital passport or neither - details in the booklet that they send with the form.
Send the form back with your ÂŁ38 fee.
Wait up to 15 days.
See your shiny new digital tachograph card land on your doorstep.
Great advice!
Only one slight problem - the link to the digitaltachograph site doesnât work! 
No big deal, it happens to the best of us! 
I fixed it, it works now.
SuperLez:
Hope that this question isnât as stupid - do you have to have passed your LGV test before applying for a digi tachograph card? Or can you go ahead and buy it beforehand?
Its not as stupid Lez. Its more technical !!! If you have for example a 7.5 tonner licence but not passed a seperate hgv one you will need a digi tacho card to drive the new 7.5 tonners. So you will have to apply for one.
In technical terms if you have a C1 licence and wish to drive a C1 vehicle fitted with a digitach then you should apply for a digi caard ! Only with one a !!
Mike-C:
SuperLez:
Hope that this question isnât as stupid - do you have to have passed your LGV test before applying for a digi tachograph card? Or can you go ahead and buy it beforehand?Its not as stupid Lez. Its more technical !!! If you have for example a 7.5 tonner licence but not passed a seperate hgv one you will need a digi tacho card to drive the new 7.5 tonners. So you will have to apply for one.
In technical terms if you have a C1 licence and wish to drive a C1 vehicle fitted with a digitach then you should apply for a digi caard ! Only with one a !!
Thanks!
Fixed it for me - have C1! But what about those folks that passed their car tests from 1997 onwards? Can they apply for their cards before passing their C/C1 tests?
Yes, itâs technical! But I feel that itâs only right and proper that all possibilities are taken account of here. Can a wanabee driver who doesnât hold C1 entitlement (issued with car licences before 1997) apply for a card before he/she passes their tests?
Sorry if Iâm sounding like a nit picker - but have noticed that a fair few members here are would be LGV drivers - many who only have entitlement to drive Group B vehicles (up to 3.5t MAM).
Coffeeholic:
I fixed it, it works now.
Thanks! 