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From: Depresion on 20 Jul 2007 06:13 I've been having a chat with a local trucky where he was more than happy to tell of how he disables his speed limiter and fixes the tachograph readings across a range of lorries that he drives. Quite interesting really as he has then used the fixed tachograph and a calibration cert to "prove" he wasn't speeding when pulled over. He it also very proud of his two and a half days to the south of Spain and back to brum driving 22 hr days. These are all things our resident Truckys have said are impossible yet he showed me how he dose it and they worked. Clearly I'm not going to encourage people to break the law by posting how it's done but it's really surprisingly simple and needs nothing more than a flat headed screwdriver and blue-tac.
From: Conor on 20 Jul 2007 06:40 In article <46a08ac2$0$1613$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, says... > I've been having a chat with a local trucky where he was more than happy to > tell of how he disables his speed limiter and fixes the tachograph readings > across a range of lorries that he drives. Quite interesting really as he has > then used the fixed tachograph and a calibration cert to "prove" he wasn't > speeding when pulled over. He it also very proud of his two and a half days > to the south of Spain and back to brum driving 22 hr days. These are all > things our resident Truckys have said are impossible yet he showed me how he > dose it and they worked. Clearly I'm not going to encourage people to break > the law by posting how it's done but it's really surprisingly simple and > needs nothing more than a flat headed screwdriver and blue-tac. > We never said it was impossible. I don't think you'll find many lorry drivers who claim it is impossible. It's easy on the OLDER tachos as the calibration is done by a row of DIP switches. ON THE NEW DIGITAL TACHOS it's a completely different story requiring laptops and electrickery. Also, unless he wipes the drivers card, he can't hide the infringements. And a calibration certificate is as worthless as an MOT. You can pass the certification, drive outside and then fiddle the tacho. Non of this has been argued. BUT 22 hour days ARE LEGAL AND WITHING TACHO RULES when dounble manning as you only are required to have an 8hr break per 30 hours. Madness, I know. What we have said though is that enforcement is good, most drivers don't and that penalties are harsh. For example of how worried decent hauliers are, my company got some new Scanias. Now the speedo drive at the gearbox end HAS BY LAW to have a tamperproof seal on it. The normal type is a wire seal with serial number on similar to leccy meter ones to which there is a full paper trail back to the man who fitted it. Scania changed them to a plastic one that covers the retaining ring. Our company were unhappy that VOSA would be happy with this so spent money getting them converted to the wire seal type which also required them to be checked for calibration as well. At �30 per lorry, plus drivers wages and fuel spent getting it there, I'd hazard a guess that they spent about �6000 to ensure they complied, even though the vehicles already did. At the end of the day, you'll get cowboy arseholes like your local mate but the only people who'll agree with him are other cowboy arseholes. Be interested if you would e-mail me his name and the company name/address so he can be rightly reported. And by not reporting him yourself, it could be seen that you "condone" what he does? -- Conor It arrived at their repair center last week so only another month or so to wait
From: Brimstone on 20 Jul 2007 06:48 Depresion wrote: > I've been having a chat with a local trucky where he was more than > happy to tell of how he disables his speed limiter and fixes the > tachograph readings across a range of lorries that he drives. Quite > interesting really as he has then used the fixed tachograph and a > calibration cert to "prove" he wasn't speeding when pulled over. He > it also very proud of his two and a half days to the south of Spain > and back to brum driving 22 hr days. These are all things our > resident Truckys have said are impossible yet he showed me how he > dose it and they worked. Clearly I'm not going to encourage people to > break the law by posting how it's done but it's really surprisingly > simple and needs nothing more than a flat headed screwdriver and > blue-tac. So the point of this post is?
From: Uno-Hoo! on 20 Jul 2007 06:51 "Depresion" <127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:46a08ac2$0$1613$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... > I've been having a chat with a local trucky where he was more than happy > to tell of how he disables his speed limiter and fixes the tachograph > readings across a range of lorries that he drives. Quite interesting > really as he has then used the fixed tachograph and a calibration cert to > "prove" he wasn't speeding when pulled over. He it also very proud of his > two and a half days to the south of Spain and back to brum driving 22 hr > days. These are all things our resident Truckys have said are impossible > yet he showed me how he dose it and they worked. Clearly I'm not going to > encourage people to break the law by posting how it's done but it's really > surprisingly simple and needs nothing more than a flat headed screwdriver > and blue-tac. Any competent tachograph analyst will be able to detect this sort of fiddling by cross referencing time/speed/distance readings. See here for examples of fiddles and how they can be detected: http://www.greatrix.co.uk/lec6.doc Uno-Hoo!
From: Conor on 20 Jul 2007 07:11
In article <xe6dnZZyoeALDj3bRVnyggA(a)pipex.net>, Uno-Hoo! says... > See here for examples of fiddles and how they can be detected: > > http://www.greatrix.co.uk/lec6.doc > G can be caused legitimately. -- Conor It arrived at their repair center last week so only another month or so to wait |