I have driven articulated lorries with the card in my pocket, and I have handled tachographs from the other side, managing a fleet. I know what a TGD or DDD file records, what it does not, and where the unpaid hours hide.
A tachograph report is not a printout from the software. It means cross-checking the driver's activity against the collective agreement, the real working calendar and the payslips, and presenting it so the other side cannot take it apart.
Cases I take
- Unpaid overtime, availability and night hours, calculated daily, weekly, fortnightly and annually.
- Transport Inspectorate penalties over driving and rest times, and the technical report to appeal them.
- Tachograph tampering: magnets, emulators, driving on someone else's card or with no card at all.
- Disciplinary dismissals where the company relies on tachograph data as evidence.
- Subsistence allowances and availability time disputed in conciliation or at trial.
- Accidents where the question is whether the driver had run out of driving time.
What I need from you
- Downloads from the driver card covering the full period claimed, as .DDD or .TGD files.
- Downloads from the vehicle unit, where they can be obtained.
- Employment contract and the applicable collective agreement.
- Payslips for the period and the company's working calendar.
- Inspection reports, complaints or penalty notices, if any.
What the law says
- Regulation (EC) 561/2006: driving times, breaks and rest periods.
- Regulation (EU) 165/2014: tachographs, cards and download duties.
- Royal Decree 1561/1995: working time in road transport.
- Arts. 34 and 35 of the Spanish Workers' Statute: working time, records and overtime.
- European Commission guidance notes on Regulation 561/2006, and CJEU and Spanish Supreme Court case law.
What you get
- Executive summary on page one: what was asked, what comes out and how much it adds up to.
- All four working-time calculations, and which one governs under your agreement.
- Your real working calendar, with your province's public holidays.
- SHA-256 fingerprint for every file analysed and for the report itself.
- Annexes with the raw data, day by day.
- Ratification and defence of the report in the courtroom.
Digital Tachographs and Driving Times
Frequently asked questions
How far back can the card data be recovered?
A driver card holds around 28 days of activity and the vehicle unit about 365. After that the data is overwritten. If you have not downloaded your card for a while, download it today: every day that passes loses a day at the far end.
How far back can I claim?
Wage claims in Spain lapse one year after the sums fell due (art. 59 of the Workers' Statute). The report therefore covers the period that can still be claimed, and states plainly how far it reaches.
Is it useful for appealing a transport penalty?
Yes. The report compares the alleged offence with what the files actually record and with the applicable rule, and is filed with the appeal. A good share of transport penalties rest on a debatable reading of the data.
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