The government has played down the cost and scale of fitting vans undertaking international work with smart tachographs, saying the number of affected vehicles is “very small”. From this year, vans with a maximum authorised mass of over 2.5 tonn…
Aquarius IT has launched a new brand identity and logo which it says reflects the company’s digital evolution and its aim to offer “forward-thinking” fleet compliance and data management systems for the road transport industry. The company has a…
Digital tachograph analysis and software firms are still scratching their heads about how to resolve a serious glitch that has been identified when remote downloading from some second generation units. After Aquarius sounded alarm bells at the s…
Software specialist Aquarius has warned of a “serious technical glitch” affecting operators relying on GEN2 tachographs. It said the issue occurs when a tachograph attempts to authenticate remotely with an expired company card that has been left…
TruTac has launched a new driver app that links up all the software firm’s products in one place. The TruTac app represents a complete overhaul of the former TruChecks system, which in addition to the core vehicle walkaround checking function, n…
“Game changing” tachograph sensing technology that can identify if an HGV driver is flouting tacho laws without the vehicle being stopped is being trialled by the DVSA. The enforcement agency can use the equipment while travelling alongside a lo…
Road transport solicitors have criticised the government for ‘sneaking in’ tough new tachograph rules at the height of the pandemic and not publicising the changes. Backhouse Jones described the new EU requirements as the most onerous on drivers…