Had the same truck since 2018 same tacho card for a year. 2 days ago started truck with the usual routine, drove 3 miles and the card auto ejected not like normal but pushed completely out fell on the floor as I was driving at about 40 mph. Now even when stationary there seems to be a white plastic barrier in slot 1 and the card wont even start to go in, slot 2 is fine. Drove as normal without card for the day doing a printout at end of day and tacho is working fine. Put tacho on rest for the night, next morning card still would not go in. Tried driving a different truck tacho and card worked fine. What is this white barrier in slot 1 ?
Sensible thoughts please. I guess there’s a fault with the tacho ?
You must have went 1 minute over daily driving. The new tachos are designed to spit card in your face so you know youve done an illegal thing.
I hear that in 2021 they will have a chimp in passenger seat who will punch you in the face instead.
cgscott:
You must have went 1 minute over daily driving. The new tachos are designed to spit card in your face so you know youve done an illegal thing.
I hear that in 2021 they will have a chimp in passenger seat who will punch you in the face instead.
Nope…the chimp drives the semi-autonomous yoke and you’re there just to feed the chimp and sign the paperwork. 
cgscott:
You must have went 1 minute over daily driving. The new tachos are designed to spit card in your face so you know youve done an illegal thing.
I hear that in 2021 they will have a chimp in passenger seat who will punch you in the face instead.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
itl be a brave monkey that punches the face of our new resident blue van man ronnie pickering contender.
id love to be a fly on the wall for that one.
why am i now having flashbacks to bj and the gay bear?? . 
ukjamesuk:
Had the same truck since 2018 same tacho card for a year. 2 days ago started truck with the usual routine, drove 3 miles and the card auto ejected not like normal but pushed completely out fell on the floor as I was driving at about 40 mph. Now even when stationary there seems to be a white plastic barrier in slot 1 and the card wont even start to go in, slot 2 is fine. Drove as normal without card for the day doing a printout at end of day and tacho is working fine. Put tacho on rest for the night, next morning card still would not go in. Tried driving a different truck tacho and card worked fine. What is this white barrier in slot 1 ?
Sensible thoughts please. I guess there’s a fault with the tacho ?
Are you the only driver of the truck? Or has someone else used it, and damaged the the tacho? There isn’t another card rammed in there.
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Whatever, it seems faulty. Defect it, get it looked at by an approved tacho centre.
Beyond the infinite monkeys using infinite typewriters to write the WTD regulations and still doing a better job…
I’m guessing this is the type without a motor where it just pushes the card via a spring mechanism? Not experienced this before but it sounds like a stopper has broken so the spring is pushing the ejector too far forward and it needs a new mechanism.
Get it VORd and off to tacho centre or VOSA will not be happy you’re using a defective tacho machine. Broken card is one thing, but broken tacho is truck off the road.
trevHCS:
Beyond the infinite monkeys using infinite typewriters to write the WTD regulations and still doing a better job…
I’m guessing this is the type without a motor where it just pushes the card via a spring mechanism? Not experienced this before but it sounds like a stopper has broken so the spring is pushing the ejector too far forward and it needs a new mechanism.
Get it VORd and off to tacho centre or VOSA will not be happy you’re using a defective tacho machine. Broken card is one thing, but broken tacho is truck off the road.
Yes, get it VOR. A vehicle with a defective Tachograph can only be driven to an authorised repair centre.