I was at Rygor Oxford today swapping vehicles and the work shop staff mentioned about the new Smart Tacho graph 2 ! this is going to be a expensive job and they reckon its going to be a job to get them .
Check out the new rules on Google .
Why is smart tachograph version 2 mandatory?
Recent developments in legislation have led to the latest version of smart tachograph, called version 2. In April 2020, the European Parliament adopted legislative reforms aimed at improving driver working conditions, establishing clear rules on the posting of drivers and boosting fair competition in the transport sector. These legislative changes are referred to as Mobility Package 1, which states that:
Drivers cannot spend their 45-hour rest periods in their cabs. Transport companies must plan schedules that enable international drivers to go home on a regular basis.
Tachographs will be used to register border crossings, to bolster fair competition and hamper fraud. To prevent systematic cabotage operations, there will be a mandatory cooling off period of four days. EU laws for transport operators will apply to all vehicles over 2.5 tonnes, requiring the installation of tachographs.
Equal pay for drivers will replace national wage schemes.
Smart tachograph version 2 will support enforcement of the EU’s legislative updates. Fleets should follow the key dates outlined by the European Commission:
As of August 2023, newly registered vehicles will have smart tachograph version 2 installed.
For registered vehicles involved in international road transport operations, version 2 installation is mandatory by August 2025 at the latest, with a deadline of 31 December 2024 for vehicles equipped with non-smart tachographs, and 18 August 2025 for those with smart tachograph version 1.
From 1 July 2026 onward, all vehicles that weigh over 2.5 tons and which are used for international road transport or cabotage operations must have smart tachograph version 2.