Which vehicles do NOT need tachographs installed?

Are tachographs needed for personal trucks?

To answer the question of whether tachographs are needed for trucks or not, what categories of vehicles should be equipped with them, it is worth relying on Resolution No. 720.

Among the main categories of vehicles are:

1. Tractors, heavy trucks and other vehicles whose weight ranges from 3.5 to 12 tons. Their purpose must be characterized as commercial transportation.
2. Different categories of freight transport for intercity transportation.
3. Buses with more than eight seats.

If you have these categories of trucks at your personal disposal, you will need to install a tachograph, having first decided on how an individual can obtain a driver card for a tachograph.

There are some categories of vehicles that do not require a flight recorder . Here are the most basic of them:

• transport involved on an ongoing basis in urban and suburban transportation;
• various training, certification and qualification vehicles undergoing road testing;
• trolleybuses;
• vehicles equipped with AETR type devices that are involved in international transport;
• Russian military vehicles and police cars;
• cars that have passed the registration process at GOST Tekhnadzor;
• vehicles that have been in use for more than 30 years and are not intended for transporting goods.

If you are interested in the question of whether a private person needs a tachograph, it is worth noting that in modern legislation the emphasis is on the type of activity of the car owner.

If the owner is an entrepreneur or legal entity, the installation of this device will be mandatory.

To ensure that the complete absence of an on-board tachograph does not become the basis for issuing a fine, you will need to have special confirmation with you that the car is not used for the purpose of carrying out commercial activities.

Which cars need a tachograph installed?

What cars are equipped with tachographs? Currently, tachographs are installed, regardless of brand, on trucks transporting dangerous goods; buses with more than 8 seats; trucks carrying out intercity transportation weighing over 15 tons; trucks weighing from 12 to 15 tons; trucks weighing from 3.5 to 12 tons.

The cost of the ATOL Drive 5 tachograph with CIPF , including installation and calibration, is 45,000 rubles.

Installation of tachographs with CIPF units is mandatory for the following categories of transport:

1) from April 1, 2014, trucks transporting dangerous goods (N2 - from 3.5 tons to 12 tons, N3 - more than 12 tons).

2) from July 1, 2014 - buses (M2 - more than 8 seats, less than 5 tons, M3 - more than 8 seats, more than 5 tons)

3) from July 1, 2014, intercity trucks (over 50 km from the point of departure) transportation (N3 more than 15 tons, not hazardous)

4) from September 1, 2014 For trucks with a maximum permitted weight from 12 to 15 tons, but not intercity vehicles.

5) from April 1, 2015 for trucks weighing from 3.5 to 12 tons.

On November 15, 2014, changes to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation came into force. According to them, punishment for failure to use tachographs applies not only to drivers, but also to the legal entity responsible for the driver’s work and rest.

Article 11.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation has been clarified that this norm applies both for driving a vehicle for transporting goods and/or passengers without a tachograph or with a non-working tachograph, and for releasing such a vehicle onto the line. It should be noted that for officials and individual entrepreneurs for this offense the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of 5,000 to 10,000 rubles.

In addition to installing a tachograph, enterprises must purchase driver cards (depending on the number of drivers) and one enterprise card.

carries out installation of tachographs in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, activation, production of driver cards. Our workshop for installation and maintenance of tachographs is certified by Rosavtotrans, workshop mark “0559”. We work on the territory of most constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Today, the cost of installing a turnkey ATOL Drive 5 digital tachograph is only 45,000 rubles . To order, call right now at 8 , calls within Russia are free.

Digital tachograph with CIPF ATOL Drive 5:

— Included in the list of tachograph models of the Federal Budgetary Institution Rosavtotrans

— Certified for compliance with the requirements of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union

— Has an explosion protection certificate 2Ex nA nC IIB T6 Ge X for vehicles when transporting dangerous goods

— Designed in accordance with AETR requirements

— Compatible with domestic and imported vehicles

— Availability of certified cryptographic protection of the electronic journal, which helps to defend the interests of the transport enterprise in conflict situations

NO NEED TO INSTALL TACHOGRAPHES:

1) For vehicles equipped, upon their release before April 1, 2014, with means of monitoring work and rest schedules that comply with European Union standards, as well as for vehicles equipped in workshops before February 24, 2014 with control devices that meet the requirements of technical regulations, the period for mandatory equipment with tachographs is – January 1, 2021.

2) For vehicles intended to perform special functions (truck cranes, fire trucks, vehicles equipped with lifts with working platforms, tow trucks, street cleaning vehicles, auto shops, ambulances, etc.), as well as for vehicles registered military automobile inspections or automobile services of federal executive authorities, registered by bodies exercising state supervision over the technical condition of self-propelled vehicles and other types of equipment, vehicles of bodies carrying out operational investigative activities.

ATTENTION! When choosing a company for installing tachographs, check the presence of the company on the website of the Federal Budgetary Institution ROSAVTOTRANS in the list of workshops, as well as documentary evidence of the presence of a stamp, since the installation of tachographs by unauthorized workshops threatens with fines during an inspection by regulatory authorities. The Standard company guarantees turnkey installation of tachographs, including calibration and in full compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

— What is a tachograph? — A tachograph is a control device whose task is to record the speed of movement, vehicle mileage and the driver’s time of work and rest.

— Do I need to install a tachograph? When should a tachograph be installed? — The tachograph must be installed on vehicles engaged in commercial transportation, as well as on: • trucks transporting dangerous goods; • trucks weighing from 3.5 to 12 tons; • trucks with a maximum permitted weight of 12 tons; • vehicles carrying more than 8 passengers.

— When is it necessary to install a tachograph?: • 04/1/2014 on M2 and M3 buses, N2 and N3 trucks transporting dangerous goods and N3 with a weight above 15 tons, carrying out intercity transportation; • 1.09.2014 for N3 trucks weighing less than 15 tons; • 04/1/2015 for N2 trucks not transporting dangerous goods. — What cars belong to the categories M2, M3, N2, N3? — Category M2 includes vehicles that weigh no more than 5 tons and are used to transport more than 8 passengers. Category M3 includes vehicles that weigh more than 5 tons and are used to transport more than 8 passengers. Category N2 includes vehicles that weigh from 3.5 tons to 12 tons and are used for commercial transportation of goods. Category N3 includes vehicles that weigh more than 12 tons and are used for commercial transportation of goods.

— How to use a digital tachograph? — Before using a tachograph, you need to study the operating instructions for this device and the rules for observing the work and rest regime. You must also have an individual driver card. Before leaving, the driver card must be inserted into a specific slot on the device with the chip facing up. Then enter information into the tachograph about the location and employment of the driver before starting work. While driving, the device independently records data about the driver’s mode. When the vehicle stops, the tachograph will go into rest mode. After finishing work, remove the driver card. — What cars are equipped with tachographs? — Tachographs are installed, regardless of brand, on trucks transporting dangerous goods; buses with more than 8 seats; trucks carrying out intercity transportation weighing over 15 tons; trucks weighing from 12 to 15 tons; trucks weighing from 3.5 to 12 tons.

— What is the fine for not having a tachograph? — According to Article 11.23 of the Administrative Code, the fine for the absence of a tachograph for a driver ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 rubles, and for officials from 5,000 to 10,000. If a vehicle is equipped with a Russian-style tachograph or a European-style tachograph, but has passed certification, is it possible to make Domestic transportation after April 1, 2013? ANSWER: A Russian-style tachograph or a European-style tachograph, but certified, can be used only until the date of the next device check, if you have driver cards and no later than April 1, 2015.

— If a vehicle has a European-style tachograph that meets the requirements of the AETR, is it possible to carry out domestic transportation in Russia? — To carry out domestic Russian transportation, it is necessary to install a tachograph with a CIPF unit. The list of approved tachographs is published on the Rosavtotrans portal.

— If the organization is not engaged in commercial transportation, is it required to install a tachograph on the vehicle? — According to the order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated February 13, 2013 No. 36, tachographs are installed on all vehicles included in the list of the order, regardless of the type of transportation.

— Do employees of the state road safety inspection have the right to draw up a report on an administrative offense for a violation of Article 11.23 against an individual who owns a vehicle. Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Driving a vehicle or releasing a vehicle for transporting goods and (or) passengers without a technical means of control, violation of the work and rest regime by a person driving a vehicle for transporting goods and (or) passengers.” — Employees of the State Road Safety Inspectorate do not have the right to draw up an administrative violation report against an individual who owns a vehicle, since in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 20 of the Federal Law of December 10, 1995 N 196-FZ “On Road Traffic Safety” only legal persons and individual entrepreneurs carrying out activities on the territory of the Russian Federation related to the operation of vehicles are required to equip vehicles with technical control devices that ensure continuous, uncorrected registration of information on the speed and route of movement of vehicles, on the work and rest schedule of vehicle drivers. Requirements for tachographs, categories and types of vehicles equipped with them, the procedure for equipping vehicles with tachographs, rules for their use, maintenance and control of their operation are established in the manner established by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 23, 2012 No. 1213 “On requirements for tachographs, categories and types vehicles equipped with them, the procedure for equipping vehicles with tachographs, the rules for their use, maintenance and control of their operation.” Individuals have the right to equip vehicles with technical means of control that ensure continuous, uncorrected recording of information about the speed and route of movement of vehicles, about the work and rest schedule of vehicle drivers, therefore, if the vehicle belongs to an individual, then under the subjective composition of Article 11.23. These individuals are not subject to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

When should a private owner install a tachograph?

There are several situations in which a tachograph must be purchased and installed on your cargo vehicle.

Here are the situations in which a positive answer is given to the question of whether it is necessary to install a tachograph on a personal truck:

1. If a truck and tractor driver is employed in a modern transport company, performing transportation on a personal truck.
2. If an individual has entered into an agreement to transport various goods along a predetermined route.
3. If a person works for an organization that transports goods whose size exceeds the car itself or dangerous products and substances.

In all of the above situations, we can say that the vehicle is used for commercial purposes..

It is for this reason that installing a tachograph is a prerequisite for operating the car and for continuing operation.

Advantages of installing tachographs

Requirements for the installation of tachographs are outlined and observed on the basis of Order of the Ministry of Transport No. 36. The need to purchase and install a special flight recorder for certain individuals is prescribed in special order No. 196.

A resolution of such a plan should not be perceived as the authorities’ desire to infringe on the rights of individuals and transport companies involved in the transportation of goods. The purchase and installation of devices should be done because of the benefits they provide.

Here are the most basic positive aspects of using tachographs:

1. Full transparency of financial reports, which significantly saves companies money. Thanks to the tachograph, it is possible to track fuel consumption and route.
2. Preventing accidents on the roads. This is based on the fact that time spent behind the wheel automatically affects reaction speed. As you know, if a driver does not take breaks to rest, the risk of getting into an accident increases significantly.

This tracking capability is based on how the device operates. The device starts up simultaneously with turning the ignition key and stops automatically when the car stops.

It is thanks to this that the management of the transport company has the opportunity to find out how carefully all established regulations are followed, how long a person works and whether he rests at the appropriate time.

Evidence that a tachograph is not needed

If a truck driver is not engaged in commercial activities, he does not need to install a modern on-board recorder and spend the time to calibrate it.

If a person is detained by a traffic police officer, simply saying that the driver is not engaged in commercial transportation will not be enough; special evidence will need to be provided, especially if the truck is transporting various construction materials.

So, if a driver has purchased putty, primer and paint and is going to a summer cottage to carry out certain work there, and if a traffic police officer stops him, he will need to provide the following evidence:

• if the car transports construction or repair materials intended for private construction and finishing work, you will need to provide a sales receipt for the products purchased for the work;
• if the vehicle was transferred for temporary use, you will need to provide an agreement for the free use of the car, documents for the transportation of goods and a power of attorney to drive the truck.

It is important to remember that the requirements regarding driving a cargo vehicle with or without a tachograph are established at the legislative level.

You should not try to look for various loopholes in the regulations, but carefully study the main documents and do not break any rules.

If commercial transportation is organized, if the driver works for a company that is engaged in such activities, it is necessary to install a tachograph, otherwise you will have to pay a fine.

How does a tachograph work in a car?

Let's look very briefly at the operating principle of the device. Without getting into technical details, let's say that:

1. The device is installed in the cab of the car, in the direct line of sight of the driver.
2. The tachograph is connected to the vehicle's electrical network.
3. Among other things, the device is equipped with a memory card, which stores the necessary information and is used to transmit it to interested authorities.
4. The tachograph is equipped with a GLONASS/GPS module, which allows online tracking of the vehicle’s movement.
5. The GPRS module allows you to transfer information while driving.
6. The security system allows for accurate identification and prevents unauthorized persons from gaining access to information.

With the help of the collected information, including on the way, the authorities of Rostransnadzor and/or the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate can check whether the driver’s work complies with established standards (travel time, speed, etc.), the timing of device verification, and other information.

Fine for not having a tachograph

Modern legislation provides for the following penalties for operating a truck for commercial purposes without a tachograph installed.

Here are the basic rules regarding what fine a private owner can be fined for a tachograph:

1. For private drivers – from 1000 to 3000 rubles.
2. For officials - from 5,000 to 10,000 rubles.

The penalties for the absence of a monitoring device are quite serious.

Answering the question whether a private owner needs a tachograph, it can be noted that the installation of tachographs is mandatory, with rare exceptions listed above.

Installation of a tachograph on a truck and its cost

The price depends on the type of device and the complexity of its installation. The cost of a certified device ranges from 25,000 – 35,000 rubles and more. For installation, calibration and activation you will have to pay another 20% - 30% of this amount.

Some examples of prices at the time of publication. Please note that devices are shown for illustrative purposes and are not intended to constitute any recommendations. And we don’t exactly indicate which one is better to install. Prices are indicative and do not constitute an offer to purchase the device.

In addition, the Order of the Ministry of Transport establishes the need to verify the device every two years . This procedure costs an average of 2,000 rubles.

Summing up

At the moment, the Ministry of Transport and Transportation is already preparing a new federal law, the main provisions of which regulate the activities of legal entities and individuals who are engaged in transportation, as well as private owners of a cargo vehicle.

Drivers approach this situation differently, but the main purpose of the law on devices can have a beneficial effect on the overall transport situation.

Devices of this type effectively control the speed of movement, optimize work and rest time, calculate wages and optimize the route.

Car enthusiasts are strongly recommended to take care of the availability of this device . The question of whether a tachograph is required for a truck when carrying out commercial activities is positive.

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