Explanation: • There is no need to make a record this day, as the vehicle does not exceed 3.5 tonnes: No, as advised in the DVSA publication "Rules on Drivers Hours and Tachographs" (Page 29) DVSA require that where during a week in which in-scope driving has taken place, any other work including out of scope driving (e.g. driving a vehicle under 3.5 tonnes) must be recorded on tachograph chart, printout, manual entry using the manual input facility for digital tachographs or on a log book. In other words, if a driver has driven a vehicle subject to EU rules for even a part of a day in any particular week, then that driver needs to keep a record of all work for the whole week.
• She should make a record on the analogue tachograph fitted to the 3.5 tonne vehicle: No, the 3.5 tonne would not be fitted with any type of tachograph as it does not fall into the criteria that requires one to be fitted i.e. it does not exceed 3.5 tonnes.
• She should make a note of her driving hours in her diary: This is not an accepted form off record keeping.
• She should use a domestic log sheet and then make a manual entry on the digital tachograph when she returns to a larger vehicle: Yes, as advised in the DVSA publication "Rules on Drivers Hours and Tachographs" (Page 29) DVSA require that where during a week in which in-scope driving has taken place, any other work including out of scope driving (e.g. driving a vehicle under 3.5 tonnes) must be recorded on tachograph chart, printout, manual entry using the manual input facility for digital tachographs or on a log book. In other words, if a driver has driven a vehicle subject to EU rules for even a part of a day in any particular week, then that driver needs to keep a record of all work for the whole week.
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