Abstract
Tachograph is belong to On Board Recording Devices. Their development have been beginning since before The Second World War. The first on board recording devices is analog tachograph which obligatory to using to introduce in USA in 1939. This paper include main rules of function of digital tachographs system using in road transport in European Union. The analogue tachograph did not satisfy the relevant requirements as owing to its construction certain frauds and counterfeits concerning the drivers’ real work were possible. For this reason the European Union has developed an inspection system based on the digital tachograph and chip cards used for recording the data and identification of the system users.Paper presents: main legal aticles introducing the digital tachograhs system main requirments which must be fulfilled by producers od digital tachographs in order to get the type approval, possibility of future requirements of digital tachograph, main functions of digital tachograph, characteristics of participat of digital tachograpfs system and their tools of the identification, acting and setting of authorize workshops in Poland and Union Europe, accessible methods of check and calibration of digital tachographs and their description, base on Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 replacing the Annex 1B and polish rules. Those paper presents present level of impelementation of digital tachografphs system in country of European Union and in Europe.
Keywords: calibration, cards, tachonet, control officers, workshop, move sensor.