When will Analogue Tacho's become obsolete?

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Remembering the rush to register analogue-equipped vehicles before these new-fangled digitachos became mandatory, I wonder how many owners or drivers would now want to go back to analogue, though many must be ekeing them out to hold on to their advantages (whether real or perceived) and avoid having to deal with this technology.

P.S. 50 hours a year extra driving with the latest digitachos compared with the originals is an underestimate IMO.

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Snudger:
P.S. 50 hours a year extra driving with the latest digitachos compared with the originals is an underestimate IMO.

I have used one and would agree that it seems to save a shed load of time, especialy when i did 2 boxes in a day, all that shunting about on the quay chews time on a 1st gen digi.

I guess the point this lad was making to me was that 50 hours is another weeks worth of work, tacho paid for in the 1st yr :wink:

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The first generation of digital tachos were a complete waste of time, quite litterally. Last winter I had one of the new ones on a 61 plate for a few months and one monday morning me and my dad both left the yard at the same time in Killingholme, botailed down to the DFDS Riverside Terminal in Immingham and collected our trailers. He was ahead of me in the queue to get out and I rang him to ask what time he’s used on his old generation one compared to myself. I had recorded 19 minutes of driving time, he’d recorded something in excess of 40 minutes due to moving in queues. I made my tip in Wrexham in my 4.5hr period, he did not. The year before I had a few nasty experiences when working for Alford Traffic on tippers with the generation one tachos and it eating up my time while I achieved no actual distance and as such I refuse to even drive a truck with one in now when I’m in the UK. I only chose to do some work in the UK from time to time because I’m one of the few who actually enjoy truck driving these days, but I hate the job with a generation one digi, it takes all the enjoyment out of it for me with the clock watching and risk of running over time for no good reason.