You are performing a road transport by bus. What period should be covered by charts, manual entries and printouts that record your activities and which you are required to have with you?
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Correct answer
B. The current day and the preceding 28 days.
Explanation
The drawing shows a record sheet from an analogue tachograph with the driver's handwritten entries. According to the exam answer, you must carry the tachograph documents for the current day and the previous 28 days - answer B.
The EU Regulation on tachographs requires the driver to produce during a check the record sheets, manual entries and printouts for a specified period back - for years this was the current day and the previous 28 days, and this is the value that the exam question uses. Note: from 31 December 2024 this period was extended to the current day and the previous 56 days, so in practice you must carry documents for a longer time. Answers A (45 days) and C (the current and the previous month) do not match any version of the rule. The Road Transport Act additionally requires you to have your driver card and record sheets with you during every transport operation.
Legal basis: Art. 36 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014; Art. 87 para. 1 of the Road Transport Act