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Derek
Guest
Some of us unfortunates are victim to the infamous spy in the cab (
sometimes applicable to Landies as well if you tow for work and probably
some High Caps) . well I have spent a mind numbing 4 hours learning about
the next EU agreed abomination - digital tachos. I'm old enough to have used
log books to record my daily toil and handed them in at the end of each week
and they went into storage once filled similarly tachograph charts I carry
two weeks of charts and hand them in for checking and storing after that
period.
Now we come to the new thing first you ( or your employer) have to buy a
chipped card off of Blair and Co (shysters to the country) for a stunning
£38 in addition you need a company card at another £38 your company needs a
download memory chip like a usb memory plug at a cool £185 and a computer
to read it plus software??? a smart card reader £56- Siemans quote a
starter package for the office at £1500 for owner drivers plus £7 for paper
rolls to print off the unit.
So if you are an owner driver thats coming off your profit margin in
addition there is the enforcement aspect.
Make a mistake and exceed the speed limit on your motor for 1 minute - thats
when you go downhill and your rev limiter is not slowing you below 56mph in
a bigun or whatever speed the spanners have set the tacho to in other
motors, it records it on the chip and flashes up a display which you need to
acknowledge ditto if you exceed your 4:30 accumulated driving hours without
a break.So far thats more or less as is , suppose a traffic policemen Vosa
or whoever stops you on a check how far back can he delve into your records
whcih you are carrying to see if you have made a mistake that you can be
prosecuted for? any body guess day , week, month?? year???? nope a year is
the minimum time that the tacho will carry data to hang you plus if somebody
else is driving that motor in that period and he /she gets stopped and
checked that record is still there waiting to bite your arse.
One more thing the person reading the tacho at base will have a read out of
everything you do during your working day minute to minute as good as if
they were standing behind you all daywatching everything you do.
Ask me if I think I will be driving trucks in twelve months time?
Ask me if I would like all the government to be equally accountable for
EVERY minute I an paying their wages????
Derek
I did look to see if the java based drivers demo was available online but it
seems you have to pay for that as well
see also
http://dtco.siemensvdo.co.uk/home/
and
http://dtco.siemensvdo.co.uk/data-management/data-management.htm?WT.ac=DTCO Datamanagement Banner
for the other demos of how to get legally screwed over
robbery without violence
sometimes applicable to Landies as well if you tow for work and probably
some High Caps) . well I have spent a mind numbing 4 hours learning about
the next EU agreed abomination - digital tachos. I'm old enough to have used
log books to record my daily toil and handed them in at the end of each week
and they went into storage once filled similarly tachograph charts I carry
two weeks of charts and hand them in for checking and storing after that
period.
Now we come to the new thing first you ( or your employer) have to buy a
chipped card off of Blair and Co (shysters to the country) for a stunning
£38 in addition you need a company card at another £38 your company needs a
download memory chip like a usb memory plug at a cool £185 and a computer
to read it plus software??? a smart card reader £56- Siemans quote a
starter package for the office at £1500 for owner drivers plus £7 for paper
rolls to print off the unit.
So if you are an owner driver thats coming off your profit margin in
addition there is the enforcement aspect.
Make a mistake and exceed the speed limit on your motor for 1 minute - thats
when you go downhill and your rev limiter is not slowing you below 56mph in
a bigun or whatever speed the spanners have set the tacho to in other
motors, it records it on the chip and flashes up a display which you need to
acknowledge ditto if you exceed your 4:30 accumulated driving hours without
a break.So far thats more or less as is , suppose a traffic policemen Vosa
or whoever stops you on a check how far back can he delve into your records
whcih you are carrying to see if you have made a mistake that you can be
prosecuted for? any body guess day , week, month?? year???? nope a year is
the minimum time that the tacho will carry data to hang you plus if somebody
else is driving that motor in that period and he /she gets stopped and
checked that record is still there waiting to bite your arse.
One more thing the person reading the tacho at base will have a read out of
everything you do during your working day minute to minute as good as if
they were standing behind you all daywatching everything you do.
Ask me if I think I will be driving trucks in twelve months time?
Ask me if I would like all the government to be equally accountable for
EVERY minute I an paying their wages????
Derek
I did look to see if the java based drivers demo was available online but it
seems you have to pay for that as well
see also
http://dtco.siemensvdo.co.uk/home/
and
http://dtco.siemensvdo.co.uk/data-management/data-management.htm?WT.ac=DTCO Datamanagement Banner
for the other demos of how to get legally screwed over
robbery without violence
