TachoBook is a comprehensive handbook on tachograph and working-time rules that you read straight in your browser, signed in to your TachoAI account. No download, no separate app: chapter by chapter, in a comfortable reader view, with figures and examples.

How to open it

Sign in to your account and, on the My files page, click the TachoBook card. The reader opens with the table of contents on the left and the selected chapter in the middle. Switch chapters any time from the table of contents.

Free and subscriber access

Part of TachoBook is free: sign in to your account to start reading a few chapters right away, and unlock the full content with an active TachoAI subscription.

Free, when signed in: 3 chapters are available as a taster — after registering and signing in, at no extra cost.

As a TachoAI subscriber: you get access to the roughly 25 chapters available today, which grows every week with new material — up to a planned 48 chapters.

The reader

Table of contents — the book split into parts; jump to any available chapter with one click.
Appearance — light, sepia or dark theme, adjustable font size, line spacing and typeface.
Reading progress — the bottom bar shows how far you are in the chapter.
Anywhere — reads comfortably on both phone and computer.

The book's content is copyright-protected: it cannot be copied, printed or downloaded, and carries a watermark identifying you. Please do not make copies or screenshots of it.

The handbook is organised into parts and chapters. Below is the book's full table of contents — chapters still in progress appear dimmed, and the list keeps growing week by week:

Introduction

1.Forewordsoon
2.Quick Referencesoon

Part I — Before you start (the basics)

1.When to apply which legal regulation for driving and rest times
2.What does all this refer to?
3.Exemptions
4.The legal framework in a nutshell
5.The tachograph regulation (165/2014)
6.The tachograph that you're holding in your hand
7.The Four Cards

Part II — Management

8.Daily driving time
9.Weekly driving time
10.Two-week driving time
11.The break

Part III — Rest

12.Regular daily rest period
13.Reduced daily rest period
14.Split daily rest period
15.Regular weekly rest time
16.Reduced weekly rest time
17.Compensation — the rest to be made up
18.Two reduced weekly rest periods in succession — international special rule
19.Return-to-home obligation and travel time

Part IV — Multi-person Leadership

20.Four-handed (multi-person) leadership
21.Four-handed daily rest time

Part V — Ferry and Train

22.Ferry and train

Part VI — Exceptional Rule

23.Article 12 — exceptional derogation

Part VII — The tachograph in practice

24.Daily handling of the tachograph
25.VDO DTCO step by step
26.Stoneridge SE5000 step by step
27.Readiness
28.Other work
29.Recording of loading
30.If it breaks down
31.Tachograph Error Codes
32.Manipulationsoon

Part VIII — OUT mode

33.OUT modesoon

Part IX — Working Hours and Remuneration

34.Working Hours Regulationssoon
35.Night worksoon
36.Activity Certificatesoon

Part X — Inspection and Liability

37.What happens at a traffic stop?soon
38.The Severity of Misdemeanorssoon
39.What the employer expectssoon
40.Postingsoon
41.Market and Professional Accesssoon

Part XI — Passenger Transport (Bus)

42.Bus break in special servicesoon
43.Special-route passenger transportsoon
44.Scheduled passenger transportsoon
45.The 12-Day Discrepancysoon

Part XII — New regulation for 2.5-3.5 ton vans (from 2026.07.01)

46.Tachograph obligation for 2.5-3.5 ton vans
47.Own account delivery
48.OUT and NORMAL treatment deeply

TachoBook handbook (TachoAI feature)

How to open it

Free and subscriber access

The reader

Table of contents