So who thinks it's a good idea for drivers to retain a month's tachos? I have a fancy calendar from DKV Euro service that shows the previous month, current month and next month. Whoopee! I hear you say, but I'm just checking through the latest tachos received and they are for; 'the month previous to the previous month'. So, if I want to know if the 25th was a Friday . . . And if I see something 'odd' that I want to 'discuss' with the driver . . eg: 'what were you doing on Wednesday evening 6 weeks ago?'.

It seems like an odd situation to me that the people making the rules - make the rules and the people at the 'sharp end' find them largely unworkable and inconvenient. But as long as they are not dangerous we will go along with them.

I'm a member of the FSB (The Federation of Small Businesses). They really have a 'voice' in parliament and make considerable headway against ridiculous rules. Our industry bodies seem to be useless against them and I will not join any. Look at the WTD for example - working time rules on top of working time rules. Pathetic, but it seems there is no argument against them so they will stay.

So how do you store a month's driving records on a digital tacho card?

John English has been trading for 20 years, mainly international work but more recently in the UK. he runs 4 Scania artic trucks, all unmarked white, His drivers are all British drivers with around 20 years' experience.