Transport Management Consultants Ltd. offers a full analysis of your company vehicles tachograph charts. You are no doubt aware of the importance of keeping accurate driver hours records - however when your drivers leave you with a pile of charts at the end of the week how sure are you that they have complied with the regulation. Although you need your drivers to comply with the necessary regulations, checking they have done so can be very time consuming. That is we can step in.

• We can collect, or arrange collection of, your tachograph charts as required;
• We analyse all drivers tachographs. See a sample chart analysis report by clicking here;
• We will provide you with a detailed yet clear report on the following issues;
  • Driver's hours and infringements. Sample report here;
  • These can be seen as a driver infringement table. Sample report here;
  • The better utilisation of your fleet. Sample report here;
  • Provide a report of vehicle's missing mileage. Sample report here;
• Identify tachograph and drivers hours training needs.

Magnified Tachograph Infringements

At Transport Management Consultants we examine many thousands of tachograph charts every year. Below are examples of some faults found. These are usually due to the chart being used for two consecutive days. Sometimes they are caused by a deliberant driver infringement. Whichever is the case we will inform the operator and issue an infringement notice to the driver on their behalf.

Tachograph distance trace - magnified to show an overlap.

Tachograph distance trace - magnified to show an overlap.

Tachograph mode trace - magnified to show an overlap.

There is a strong possibility that your drivers, who are your responsibility, are breaking the law. Transport Management Consultants Ltd. took a sample of our clients charts from the last quarter of last year and noted the Top 5 Tachograph Infringements. These proved to be:

Although our driver and vehicle related training can help reduce such infringements below we have reproduced a tachograph chart centre field. Any chart completed in such a way will allow your drivers to pass any roadside stops etc.

Name: Full name required (EU regulations require surname first, The Transport Act specifies "Full Name")
Originating location: At least town and county
Originating date: Must include year
Finishing date: Must include year
Registration number: Correct!
Weight: Vehicles maximum permitted weight can be shown (not a legal requirement)
Finish odometer reading: On correct (top) line and full
Start odometer reading: On correct (lower) line and full
Travelled distance: Not a legal requirement