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2,940 fatalities involving heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the EU in 2022. Not just a number – in each case a family member, a friend, a colleague is lost. These are preventable deaths.

Tachograph analysis becomes much easier if the data is organised and summarised in reports. That is why Tachogram offers a wide variety of reports, 21 in total, available on the web version of the platform. Everything you might need, from driver risk analysis to vehicle download status, is in one place. Explore the opportunities of Tachogram reports below!

2023 has been exceptional — for us and our clients. As the Tachogram client base grew, you drove more kilometres, downloaded more tachograph files and analysed more driving and rest hours than ever before. In fact, the total distance driven by Tachogram users reached 2.09 billion kilometres!

The bigger the company, the more time and energy it takes to manage it. One of the sectors where this is clearly reflected is freight transport, where almost every company has dozens of vehicles to respond to market demand. In addition to technical aspects such as maintenance, safety and monitoring, transport companies in Europe also need to adapt to European Union regulations on driving and rest time, tachograph management, etc., which places an additional burden on their daily work.

Tachogram is releasing a big update to our iOS app which will allow you to see the most essential information on-the-go. In addition to downloading your driver card data anytime, anywhere, you can now also take advantage of new features dedicated to driver infringements and activities. You’ll be able to see detailed visualisations and breakdowns of what you’re doing and when. Helpful explanations of tachograph infringements are also now included. Let’s go through the new features step-by-step.

European legislation regarding tachographs, data registration and road safety, can be difficult to understand, let alone manage. If you're a business owner dealing with international transportation and logistics on a daily basis – we don't envy you! And if you're new to this, here's why.

A while back we embarked upon a journey unravelling and explaining the ins and outs of the Mobility package regulations in a short blog series. Our goal - to see what's changed, how's that reflected in the Tachogram platform and simply help anyone looking for a bit of guidance on the matter. In this article, we'll cover the last of our topics in the series by looking at the possibility of drivers extending their driving time when returning to the employer’s operational centre or the driver’s place of residence.

As of February 2, 2022, professional drivers traveling through Europe must record each border crossing, as they travel into another member state. The reason behind this are the new provisions of the Mobility Package regulations that have come into force, requiring employers to pay the respective minimum wage rate (at the least) to their drivers for time spent in a particular country. In practice this means not only following up on each driver's working hours, but also looking into where these hours were spent. To help our clients manage these changes, Tachogram has developed a new report, automatically consolidating the necessary information on your driver work times per country.

The work of freight carriers is challenging – from planning and monitoring the supply chain process to complying with international work and rest time regulations, which are constantly changing. Managing tachograph data and downloading it regularly is just one of the things to do to avoid significant fines. This process can be made easier by various fleet management solutions and dedicated tools designed to facilitate the digital tachograph data download and analysis. Their role in business management is growing, and this has also been the case with the Latvian freight carrier UNA-L, which has been using the Tachogram digital tachograph data download and analysis solution to manage its fleet for several years.