Article 5 - Functions of the digital tachograph

speed and distance measurement;

monitoring driver activities and driving status;

monitoring the insertion and withdrawal of tachograph cards;

recording of drivers’ manual entries;

calibration;

automatic recording of the position points referred to in Article 8(1);

monitoring control activities;

detection and recording of events and faults;

reading from data memory and recording and storing in data memory;

reading from tachograph cards and recording and storing in tachograph cards;

displaying, warning, printing and downloading data to external devices;

time adjustment and measurement;

remote communication;

company locks management;

built-in and self-tests.