The European Commission's new tachograph proposals have been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
The trade body believes that the focus on making tachographs more driver-friendly will cut unintended driver hours errors, while the use of new technology will reduce tachograph fraud among rogue operators.
"These new proposals introduce some genuinely helpful technological improvements, which will improve the way tachographs are used by commercial vehicle operators," states Chris Yarsley, FTA's manager of road freight, enforcement and EU affairs.
"The proposed technology will improve targeted enforcement of rogue operators and make it more difficult for tachograph tampering to take place," he adds.
Yarsley believes the publication is good news for the vast majority of UK operators, who, he says, operate to the highest levels of legal compliance and safety.
"It will reduce the need for manual recordings and unnecessary roadside checks for compliant drivers," he says.
But Yarsley warns that the FTA "does have questions over the Commission's claim of €500m annually in savings and will be demanding answers as to their calculations".
