Trucker Jay in the UK: Manual Entry (the easy explanation) Digital Tachograph

In this concise and informative video titled "Manual Entry (the easy explanation) Digital Tachograph," we provide detailed guidance to assist HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) drivers in understanding the process of entering manual entries into the tachograph system within a truck. Gain valuable insights into the step-by-step procedure for accurately recording essential information, ensuring compliance with tachograph regulations. Improve your understanding and proficiency with manual entries through this easily accessible resource.

[@leewilliams955]

easy to understand great explanation. it still amazes me that they don't have a training machine in training centres.

[@alanbussell7894]

Thanks for the simplest of explanations. I've given myself so many infringements by getting a manual entry wrong.

[@neilkay159]

Cheers Jay... first time in YEARS had to do a manual entry this morning...I was completely lost! 28yrs HGV thank god for YT .lol

[@jerybrown6430]

Thanks alot for showing us new drivers the simple way of using tacho machines as its a very important part of the job..

[@domainnameguy]

Good video as always But the reason why in this video jay didnt need to add on extra minutes of other work at the end of previous shift which a person would normally do if leaving truck in yard and going home at night a driver would usually have to walk to debreif etc and there may be a queue in debreif etc which would still be other work during the same shift after digi tacho card was removed and those minutes would need to be added to the end of previous shift the following morning but as jay says in video he worked the previous day and as he is a tramper eg out all week in the truck and sleeps in the trucks etc as soon as he removed his digi tacho card from the tacho machine he was already at home eg the cab which is effectively his office on wheels instantly then becomes his home for the night etc so no added minutes of other work on tacho are necessary

[@Zesty_zeist]

Very easy to understand the best tachograph manual entry video 👍

[@BritishTrucking]

Great demonstration Jay easy to follow for anyone doing a manual entry 👏 👍

[@adiliviu85]

Thank you 🎉🎉 I've been looking for this 😊!!! Thanks

[@richardrushton7460]

Great vid jay nice quick and to the point a great help for new drivers with no tacho knowledge or training

[@lesliebarnes886]

Nice one Jay massive help 😊

[@homsy48]

That was the best straight forward video yet brilliant thank you so much. All the other videos are a bit confusing but this one was excellent cheers.

[@manpreetdhaliwal2905]

Great video and simple way cheers pal

[@slaveoth5114]

Short and on the spot. Thanks.

[@andrewthomas8473]

yours is more clear than others on here👌

[@leepearson9131]

Awesome great explanation. Will help later when I put my card in on my own for the first time. 👍 legend.

[@SIMONC256]

thats not how you do it, you need to record the time it takes to hand in the keys ect, your not on rest as soon as you take the card out.

[@truckerjay]

@@SIMONC256 intake my keys home park up get in truck so yes that’s how you do it

[@SPIRITismywolf]

Since I got my card the other day. (PCV Driver) Ive been asking myself this question since. Havnt had the use the card as of yet tho but this is certainly helpful. Thanks.

[@Gaza-cl6no]

Only other advice I would do, is when putting the card in change the symbol from bed to other work. Otherwise when you do the manual entry and it takes longe then a minute it will show something like 20:36-06.00 rest 06:00-06:03 other work 06:03-06:04 rest it’s just something I’ve learnt over the years myself great help video tho

[@truckerjay]

Good point I’ll update it soon

[@TheOrangep7]

NICE ONE BRUVA 👍👍. Some people go all round the world with there videos explaining.

[@christopherfarmer5626]

Good vlog Jay keep up the good work mate and be safe

[@Steve-bo6ht]

Thanks for this Jay really appreciate the easy explanation

[@rowandrive1]

Nice one .quick and easy to understand. Any more taco tips would be appreciated. Thanks

[@deangriffin9095]

Thank you for this! Ive only been driving a week and half and i bet ive got loads of infringements already with the bloody thing lol. Had a 45 today after 4 hour 20 minutes of driving and it was telling me i still needed a 15 and kept flashing and didnt reset itself so ive been panicing all the way back to the yard.

[@mattormson7688]

Currently binge watching on the channel. Up to season 2 ep 22 although I did watch all of season 6 so far before going to season 1 🤭 look farward to my 15 and 30 min breaks to fit an episode or 2 in haha keep it up Jay 👌

[@drummo74]

Thank you so much

[@tonyedwards892]

:) great video jay picked that up sometimes it does get confusing but that was great regards tony

[@ChloeJones-u1j]

Brilliant thanks jay just wondering if I finish on Fri say 2 o’clock and start Monday at 4 am wht have I got to do thanks

[@kryadilewandowski5300]

Perfectly explained 👌

[@jboardy5439]

TOP MAN. Layman's terms.

[@grantmoore4390]

I love you're videos Jay my grandfather uses to drive lorrys haha dont remember what tho but he did

[@joshhowells912]

Nice guide mate! Going to Iceland on holiday tomorrow, buzzing for it mate although don't get me wrong i am nervous

[@banglaline3859]

At the end you pressed "other work" , do you need to press OK to confirm it ?

[@ash7990]

Hi, as this was the start of your shift do you not need to have 10 or 15 mins other work recorded on manual entry to show your walk around checks? If not how do you record on the Tacho your daily walk around check?

[@davehodges6258]

Hi jay" I noticed that you have ok it on other work at 6.03" could you of left it until 6.16 and then it would show you have done your Daily checks,!! Love your clips by the way,.

[@truckerjay]

true but i put it to other work then did my checks

[@welsh2k218]

Just the way I like it simple 😆😆

[@chris77777777ify]

Siemens is easy for manual entry. Stone ridge is the more complicated one.

[@pianolaz]

How do you change the icon to "resting" (the bed) when you do your 45 min break?

[@johno4521]

What if you have to put a weeks' worth of entries in, EG if you've been doing other work/non tachograph driving Best set your alarm early!!

[@adrianwinter5943]

What entry would you enter after a long period of not driving?

[@masonictrucker8031]

Am I right in thinking you can't start driving until 06:36? Or usually 07:36?

[@MrTheomighty1]

What happens if the first time of using a digital tacho was over 2 weeks ago, why this is is because the 4th of September was my 1st induction day with a local skip company and my 2nd day is today which is the 18th of September, will I have to do a manual entry or not, if I have to do an manual entry will I have to do a print out and put training day on the back to say why I used my tacho card and that I’ve not used my tacho card since

[@NeurodivergentGuy2023]

I applied for a tachograph card for novelty, will I get questioned if I never need to use it

[@jeremybenson6886]

Passed all my tests first time no problem, still after a month I can't get my head round this thing, there needs to be training or people will be getting fines for doing manual entrys wrong, it's harsh. I've made a little step by step guide from your video of an example to try out tomorrow. Cheers I'm a dummie

[@paulblake7508]

Don't worry your not alone, as you say this is the best and most easy to understand video i've seen so far. Well done Trucker Jay.

[@RT-td1pv]

Do you still use the ferry? If so would you be able to show how to do one for that? 👍

[@andreahayes369]

Stupid question. If I finished my last shift and set it to rest at the time, then do I have to do a manual entry if I put my card in at the start of my next shift when I’ve done nothing in between?

[@nicksvinylbutty5488]

Is it a legal requirement to do a manual entry ???

[@paulpavlou515]

I have been doing my manual entries like this for the past few weeks and the video is easy to understand. However what is confusing is that when my employer/TM downloads my card their software for looking at my cards records doesn't show a start or finish time, yet if I don't do a manual entry it does show a shift start and finish time. Has anyone else come across this before?

[@truckerjay]

that sounds like a software setup/issue at there end. you can just put your card in and turn to other work for 10/15 mins while you do paperwork and checks.

[@Slim-b7s]

The line were you removed the card to the time you inserted it don’t change it from break to other work like i did 😆

[@ChannelJow]

Hello, my question is, when, for some reason i have to drive another truck during the day, how should i do the manual entry correctly? When the tacograph asks “rest until know?” and i mark “yes”, is that correct? Or should i select no, and do a manual entry as bed? Example: 6h i get a car and let it on a mech on 10h. 10h i remove the card and 11h i insert the card in another car. To 10h and 11h should i mark this 1h as rest? Or a manual entry with bed?

[@truckerjay]

rest until now = no then set other work.

[@ringmaster996]

I've seen videos on KZbin, some drivers when they come back in the morning, they do cross hammers, rest, other cross hammers ⚒️🛏⚒️ While some drivers come in the morning only do rest and cross hammers So do they do ⚒️🛏⚒️ And some do 🛏 ⚒️ Please explain the difference❓️

[@divineprovidence803]

What happens if there is a large amount of time between last using the tachograph card? Say you've driven vans in this time. You couldn't account for that period of time as it would take too long inputting. For the time you last removed your card to re-inserting would you put that period of time as rest even if it's weeks?

[@truckerjay]

legally yes reality 🤣

[@welsh2k218]

Hi mate just a random thought so mod 4 on Thursday would you ever consider doing a mod 4 tutorial would be good for the channel and viewers like I was ament to have the bloody thing today but there was some confusion so I was doing a walk around but there's no simple way to understand it. Xx happy trucking my friend

[@truckerjay]

never done mod 4sorry can't help on that

[@welsh2k218]

@@truckerjay no way :O damn it hahaha so when you renew your CPC what modules do you have to complete

[@truckerjay]

Just have to sit there for 7 hours each time don’t even have to be awake. CPC is a load of crap

[@welsh2k218]

@@truckerjay oh mate I've gathered that part from doing it so annoying

[@welsh2k218]

@@truckerjay got the bloody mod 4 tomorrow eint too bad walk around checks and loads ect so quite alright. Itching to get driving now

[@liamdavis1929]

Can I do a manual entry for the day before as on cpc

[@truckerjay]

yes just make sure you do it correctly. might be good to write it done then do it so you dont mess up.

[@liamdavis9017]

@@truckerjay ok cheers pal

[@SIMONC256]

but don't you need to tell it what you done after you took the card out at end of shift, your still at work until you get in your car to go home, if you take the card out at 4 but spend 20 mins handing in the keys doing a debrief ect , that should be on cross hammers still, as you are still working and must be recorded as other work the next day on the manual entry

[@dans8942]

Do you know what fault code 44 is card not closed. What does that mean please ?

[@truckerjay]

Not sure probably ejected without writing the correct into to it

[@dans8942]

@Trucker Jay In the UK ahhh okay thank you any way. I managed to get the drivers card out the vehicle this morning. Ejected perfectly.

[@professionaldrivers5372]

If you put automatically what happened

[@dominictodd6768]

👍👍

[@cachilok420]

Whats difrrence between manual entry and auto?

[@UnknownDG]

It records your work more accurately. Also keeps you out of trouble. If dvsa stop you they could question you regarding vehicle safety checks when you finish your shift

[@matty9832]

Why would you need to do a manual entry? Do you have to do one everytime you insert the card for a new day? If you don't do a manual entry does it just record it as a rest by default?

[@ciaranburke04]

.

[@marcindryka70]

At my work we have to do everytime . Most of time wagons are not ready and I have to wait around 30 min . If i won't do manual entry will lose 30 min from my wage .

[@ciaranburke04]

@@marcindryka70 what do you do if it's not a manual entry?

[@fasteddie4669]

To record a work period away from your vehicle like you’ve been on a training course or you’ve turned up for work and you’re vehicles not back yet.

[@marcindryka70]

@@ciaranburke04 don't know what VOSA will say about it if you get stoped by them. Remember they can check when you start work. On end of the day it's all about yours and other road users safety mate . I know companies when you start e.g 6 am but wagon ain't ready till 8 and they expecting from you do 15 h shift from getting in to wagon and not recording 2 h sitting in cantine that means you do 17 h shift ...if you gonna crash and kill or do some serious damage You gonna end you in court and jail not company . Always manual entry mate 🤓 it's yours TACHO not companies. Don't let them control that and do them way !!!!

[@KoreLioncourt]

Incredibly simple explanation. Thanks. Loads of long, poor quality videos out there.

[@UnknownDG]

This is questionable. If you parked up at 20:21 with it being on other work and ejected your card at 20:36 then that would be ok. But if you just parked up and ejected your card at 20:36 and didn’t do a manual entry with other work ending at 20:51 and DVSA pull you over your going to be in trouble. At the end of every shift by law you have to do a vehicle safety check which will need to be recorded. This example is for class drivers. Class one drivers make sure you add on 30 mins for your vehicle safety checks at the end of your shift. For eg he should of done a manual entry at the start being on other work from 21:06

[@chrish194]

He might have already done it ? before he pulled the card. that would make the most sense, rather than faffing about with manual entries all the time

[@JayJay-wb4mv]

When and why do you need to do manual entry?

[@UnknownDG]

I was taught to do manual entry every time your enter a card into a tachograph. It records your work accurately.

[@danwalker2821]

First🤣

[@inderjitmalhi1284]

I can’t even see what he doing on tachograph what he pressing