The digital tachograph
The project concerning the launching of the digital tachographhas been on the way for a long time, actually since 1998. “Finally” the cars have started to emerge in Denmark, but at the same time it has been decided to postpone the date of the final introduction, until January 1st 2006. However, this does not mean that the manufacturers and importers who are ready now, can not get their vehicles on the road earlier than this date.
The digital tachograph is different to the traditional analogue tachograph in several ways:
The digital tachograph records driving on so-called “Smart Cards”, in stead of the traditional diagram sheet.
The digital tachograph comes in DIN (radio size) and is not mounted to the speedometer as it has been up to now.
There are no manual functions in the digital tachograph regarding records of driving time – it is all recorded digitally.