Tachographs, Records and CPC Duties
Use the correct card, mode, manual entry, printout and record process and respond properly to faults or enforcement checks.
How to prepare for Part 2 case studies
Combine vehicle, driver, load, route, site, time and document facts before selecting the safest lawful action; always carry each decision forward through the rest of the narrative.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Use the correct card, mode, manual entry, printout and record process and respond properly to faults or enforcement checks.
Exam cue: Read the complete case narrative before choosing the rule or action.
Concept 2
Reconstruct the driver's activities and decide what record, annotation, report or corrective step the case requires.
Exam cue: Reconstruct the driver's activities and decide what record, annotation, report or corrective step the case requires.
Concept 3
A tachograph record supports compliance but does not make an unlawful schedule lawful.
Exam cue: Check how the decision affects the remaining journey, people, vehicle, load and records.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using the wrong mode and assuming the operator can correct the record later without driver evidence.
Guardrail: Do not answer from one familiar phrase while ignoring another fact in the linked narrative.
Answering from a remembered rule before checking all supplied facts.
Guardrail: Do not answer from one familiar phrase while ignoring another fact in the linked narrative.
Treating the internal study allocation as an official topic weighting.
Guardrail: Do not answer from one familiar phrase while ignoring another fact in the linked narrative.
Memory anchors
Record the Real Activity
Modes and entries must reflect what the driver actually did.
Card Is Personal
Use and protect the driver's own card.
Fault Needs Evidence
Follow the prescribed printout, annotation and reporting process.
CPC Is Separate
Initial qualification and periodic training duties are not tachograph modes.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
In the FreshRoute case, Priya completes loading work before inserting her driver card. What must she do?
In the CityBuild case, Lewis waits 40 minutes at a site but must move forward every few minutes in the loading queue. How should the period normally be treated?
Answer all questions to submit.
Next step personalized recommendations
Continue learning
Move forward only after this module is stable.
What is Pass Harbor?
Completely free exam prep for 247 UK exams.
- Practice questions
- Flashcards
- Study guides
- Mock exams
- No registration
- No paywall
- Start instantly
“No more expensive exam prep. Quality study tools should be accessible to everyone.”