[SEL] Tachograph

[Steve W.]

tachograph: AKA "tattletale", "Big Brother" and some names not fit for 
print. The OLD units were just a paper chart machine that recorded the 
speed and RPM levels of the rig while you were driving. Some also were 
the speedometer in the unit and were mounted on the dash. Others were 
mounted out of the way and didn't have an external speed display. They 
were a locked unit and the key was held by a "trusted" employee of the 
company. They would unlock the unit, remove the chart and spray it with 
a lacquer spray and file it away for the big boss to look at.

The next generation used a paper tape so they didn't need to be changed 
as often.

Then came the semi electronic units that stored the information on 
special tapes.

Then the memory recorders that used GPS information.

The current version is built into the trucks on board computer system 
and records a LOT of information. From speed, rpm range, gear usage, 
brake applications, and idle time, to last service and amount of time 
stopped and when.

Then if you REALLY want them to watch over you get a job with an outfit 
that uses SatLink gear. With it they can tell all the above in real 
time, AND as a bonus they have two way communication with you.


Bruce Younger wrote:
> "...and tachograph (required when towing a trailer commercially)"
> 
> 
> Awrighty - what's a tachograph?  I can imagine, but would rather hear it 
> from you so I understand it.
> 
> 
> Bruce Younger
> 05G HHC 313 RR Bn 3/67-4/68
> Madison, SD
> sluggo54 at hotmail.com
> 
> "There is no hunting like the hunting of a man and those that have hunted 
> armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else 
> thereafter."
> E. Hemingway
> 


-- 
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
NRA Member
Pacifism - The theory that if they'd fed
Jeffrey Dahmer enough human flesh,
he'd have become a vegan.