The State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety (DSBT, Ukrtransbezpeka) will soon introduce the Smart-Tacho system, which reads, analyzes, and records violations of drivers’ work and rest regulations, said the head of Ukrtransbezpeka, Mykyta Lagunin, in an interview with the agency “Interfax-Ukraine.”
“The remote control module can be installed on the frame of the WIM complex, on the inspector’s vehicle, or on another road structure and automatically read information without stopping the car.
This ensures consistency and reduces the human factor, and with it, the risk of corruption,” he said. Lagunin added that with the help of the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development, a regulatory framework was quickly developed that will, in particular, allow for the issuance of cards for smart tachographs to drivers, Ukrtransbezpeka inspectors, transport companies, and tachograph service points that install, adapt, maintain, and calibrate tachographs.
Ukrtransbezpekha inspectors, transport companies, and tachograph service centers that install, adapt, maintain, and calibrate tachographs.
“So, we plan for this system to start working on our roads very soon,” the head of the service emphasized, but did not specify a specific date.
According to him, the system will be introduced immediately without any additional stages, and all new vehicles are already equipped with this latest model.
He added that until now, carriers who purchased such vehicles were unable to undergo the so-called verification and adaptation of smart tachographs in Ukraine, so they had to travel to a European country to have the smart tachographs verified, and only then could they carry out transportation within the territory of the EUTR member states (European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport). Now this can be done in Ukraine, Lagunin emphasized.
He clarified that the rule on the use of Smart-Tacho applies only to routes longer than 50 km, so it does not apply to suburban transport.
Smart-Tacho, WIM complex, Лагунін, Укртрансбезпека
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