Revision question · Drivers' hours and rest periods

While you're driving, you notice your tachograph isn't working. What should you do?

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Stop immediately and don't drive until it's been repaired

Report it to the nearest police station

Phone the vehicle testing authority and report the fault

Continue your journey but make a manual record

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Continue your journey but make a manual recordThis was the right answer

If you can't return to base within a week of the tachograph becoming defective, it must be repaired during the journey. While it's broken, you must keep a manual record.

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Correct mistakes without concealing the evidenceReviewed guidance summary · A tachograph fault requires manual records; an honest correction is permitted, unlike an alteration made to deceive.

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