How often should you collect data from a driver's card?
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Correct answer
C. At least every 28 days.
Explanation
In the photo you can see a coach, a driver card and a digital tachograph with two card slots. Data from the driver card is downloaded at least every 28 days - answer C.
The rules on tachographs require the transport company to download data regularly from the driver card and from the digital tachograph, and the EU Regulation on data downloading sets the maximum interval for the card at 28 days. Data from the tachograph itself is downloaded at least every 90 days. The card has limited memory and after some time it overwrites the oldest records, so downloading every 14 days (answer A) or every 21 days (answer B) is of course allowed, but it is not the required threshold - the question is about the longest permitted interval. The carrier stores the downloaded data and must make it available during an inspection at the company.
Legal basis: Art. 48 para. 1 of the Tachographs Act; Art. 1 para. 3 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 581/2010