Departure From Legal Requirements; Obligations Of The Contractor - VDO DTCO 4.0 Instruction Manual

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For your safety
least 28 calendar days (German
2
"Fahrpersonalverordnung" = regula-
tion concerning driving personnel).
► Departure from legal
requirements
In order to ensure the safety of persons,
of the vehicle or its load, departures from
the applicable legal requirements may be
necessary.
In such cases, the driver must record the
type and reason for such departure
manually, at the latest on arrival at a suit-
able stopping place. E.g.:
• On the chart
• On a printout from the DTCO 4.0
• In the work schedule

► Obligations of the contractor

The calibration and repair of the
DTCO 4.0 must only be carried out by an
authorised specialist workshop.
è Compulsory inspection [} 133]
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• The first time you insert the company
card, the DTCO 4.0 will ask you to
enter the following vehicle data:
– Member state
– Vehicle registration number.
è Inserting member state and
vehicle registration number [} 67]
• After a vehicle transfer: Have an au-
thorised specialist workshop enter the
following calibration data into the
DTCO 4.0:
– Member state
– Vehicle registration number
• Register/deregister the company at
the start/end of the vehicle use in the
DTCO 4.0.
è Registration – inserting company
card [} 66]
• Make sure that there is a sufficient
number of paper rolls available for the
printer inside the vehicle.
• Monitor the proper functioning of the
tachograph, e.g. by inserting the com-
pany card.
• Follow the legally required intervals
stipulated for the inspection of the
tachograph: Inspection at least every
two years.
• Regularly download the data from the
mass memory of the DTCO 4.0 and of
the driver cards and store them ac-
cording to the legal requirements.
• Supervise the proper use of the
tachograph by the drivers. Check driv-
ing times and rest periods periodically
and point out any discrepancies.
Operating instructions DTCO 4.0 - Edition 11.2018 - A2C19916900
Legal requirements

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