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Tachograph infringement checker

Enter a few days of driving, other work, breaks and rest, and see every drivers' hours and working-time infringement the assimilated EU rules flag — each with its legal reference. Free, no signup — nothing you enter leaves your phone.

Retrospective checking aid — your tachograph is the legal record. Based on the assimilated EU rules (GOV.UK).

Infringements found

Across 2 days of activity — review each finding below.

Break obligations

Driving break 1 breach

why?

45 minutes off after 4h30 of driving. May be split into 15 minutes then 30 minutes — in that order. Counts driving time only.

Reg 561/2006 Art 7

Working-time break 1 breach

why?

No more than 6 consecutive hours of working time (driving + other work) without a break of at least 15 minutes; and 30 minutes total once you work over 6 hours, 45 minutes over 9 hours.

RT(WT)R 2005 reg 7

Driving limits· 1

Daily driving of 11.0h exceeds the 10-hour maximum.
Reg 561/2006 Art 6(1)Mon 05 Jan, 17:30

Driving break (EU Art 7)· 1

More than 4 hours 30 minutes of driving accumulated without a qualifying 45-minute break.
Reg 561/2006 Art 7Mon 05 Jan, 10:30

Working-time break (RT(WT)R 2005 reg 7)· 1

Working time exceeded 9 hours without at least 45 minutes of working-time break.
RT(WT)R 2005 reg 7Mon 05 Jan, 17:30

Weekly rest

Next weekly rest

Set your last weekly rest above to track the six-24-hour-period (144h) deadline.

Logging a rest of 24 hours or more in the activity list starts a new weekly cycle automatically.

Week summary

Week of 05 Jan · so far

19h 15mdriving

19h 15m working

Set my last weekly restNeeded to track the next weekly-rest deadline and any reduced-rest compensation. Skip if you’re only checking breaks and driving limits.

Recent activity

Log each driving, work or break span. Gaps between rows are treated as rest. An end time on or before the start is read as the next morning.

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Night-work agreement in place (lifts the 10-hour night limit) — off by default.

Nothing you enter leaves your phone. This is a planning and checking aid — your tachograph is the legal record.

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