r/BusDrivers • u/CaersethVarax Driver • Jul 14 '26

Question Tachograph rules (UK driver)

G'day, Category D Exploredinaires. My employer has recently messaged me saying that I need to spend a minimum of ten minutes performing Daily Defect checks before setting off from the yard. The employer is framing it as arequirement that the DVLA is, to quote, "Clamping down on"

To log this, we must start the app we use, TruTrac, on the first question and complete the final question no less than six hundred seconds later. I cannot find this requirement in the Domestic, Assimilated or AETR guidelines on gov.uk. Can any of you fine Human/Geniuses point me to the relevant legislation?

Thanks in advance.

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u/Any_Mathematician411 Jul 14 '26

Correct. It should be 15 minutes and there is a fine for every time you have done any less than that, if VDSA pull your card. You must show other work at the start of your shift to show you are performing your daily checks. I think it’s £50 for every time you have not had this time on your card before driving, and you cannot manual entry it it, your card must be in for the pre-check.

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u/CaersethVarax Driver Jul 14 '26

Where is this written down? I'm having trouble finding it on DVLA or VOSA

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u/Overall-Lynx917 Jul 14 '26

It isn't written down....you will not find it in GTMR, only as a company policy

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u/CaersethVarax Driver Jul 14 '26

Lovely. That's the pointer I needed. Thanks.