How often should you collect the data from a driver's card?
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Correct answer
B. At least every 28 days.
Explanation
In the photo, next to moving lorries, a driver card with the letters PL in the European Union symbol and a digital tachograph are shown. Data from the driver card must be downloaded at least every 28 days - answer B.
The Tachographs Act refers to Commission Regulation (EU) No 581/2010, which requires a road transport undertaking to download data from the driver card at least once every 28 days, and data from the memory of the digital tachograph at least once every 90 days. You must not confuse these periods with a calendar month (answer C) - 28 days is a shorter period, and it is counted in days of the driver's recorded activity. The reason is practical: the driver card stores data from the last 28 days of work and after that time starts to overwrite the oldest entries, so a late download means that records are lost for good. The carrier keeps the downloaded data in the original format for at least 12 months and makes it available for inspection.
Legal basis: Art. 48 para. 1 of the Tachographs Act in conjunction with Commission Regulation (EU) No 581/2010; Art. 10 para. 5 letter a of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006