Operators travelling through Belgium are being warned over its enforcement of digital tachograph rules following an incident where an RHA member's driver was fined. The RHA says that drivers stopped in Belgium must be able to produce a paper print-out of any driving record from a truck with a digital tachograph for any journey in the preceeding 15 calendar days. Its member failed to do this.
RHA head of international affairs, Peter Cullum, says: "For the moment we recommend that, if a
digital tachograph-equipped vehicle has been driven in the previous 15 days, drivers should carry appropriate print-outs as well as driver cards when operating abroad, even if there is any prospect of driving with an analogue tachograph."
Austria is understood to be adopting a similar stance to Belgium and the position of other countries is being checked. The RHA is assisting its member in lodging an appeal on behalf of the driver.
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