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We are not a tachograph product. Here is what we do hold.
Drivers' hours and tachograph rules are a legal matter, not a software feature. This page states the general shape of them and then stops - DVSA's own guidance is the source that matters.
UK drivers' hours and tachograph rules, set by DVSA, mainly concern goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes: daily and weekly driving limits, required breaks and rest periods. Market Run is not a tachograph or drivers' hours product - check DVSA guidance for a specific fleet. It records the round, the start time, the stop times and the proof of each delivery.
The general shape of the rules, and where the real answer lives
In general terms, the rules that apply to UK goods vehicles set limits on how long a driver may drive in a day and a week, require a break after a period of continuous driving, and set minimum rest periods between shifts and between weeks. Where a tachograph is required, it records this automatically rather than relying on a written log. These rules derive from EU drivers' hours law, retained and administered in UK law after Brexit, and are enforced and explained by DVSA.
Whether the full rules, a lighter domestic version, or an exemption applies to a specific van or lorry usually turns on the vehicle's gross weight and how it is used, and that distinction genuinely matters - many wholesale delivery vans sit at or close to weights where the answer is not obvious from the outside. This page will not guess at it. The current, correct answer for a specific fleet is on DVSA's own guidance at gov.uk, which is kept up to date in a way a software company's website is not, and that is where this should be checked before anything here is relied on.
What Market Run records about a driver's day
Plainly
What it will not do on its own
- It does not read a tachograph, and it does not calculate compliance with drivers' hours rules.
- It does not tell a driver when a break or a rest period is legally due.
- It is not a source of current DVSA rules or exemptions - gov.uk is, and rules and thresholds do change.
- It does not know or check a vehicle's gross weight category, which is often what decides which rules apply.
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Questions people ask
- Does Market Run manage tachograph compliance or drivers' hours?
- No. Market Run is not a tachograph analysis or drivers' hours compliance product. It records the round a driver ran, the start time, the stop times and the proof of each delivery, which is useful alongside a compliance system but is not one itself.
- What are the UK drivers' hours rules, roughly?
- In general terms, drivers' hours rules for goods vehicles set daily and weekly driving limits, a required break after a period of continuous driving, and minimum daily and weekly rest periods, recorded by a tachograph where one is required. The specific limits, thresholds and exemptions should always be checked on DVSA's own current guidance, not taken from a software company's website.
- Do all delivery vans need a tachograph?
- Not necessarily. Whether a tachograph and the drivers' hours rules apply usually depends on the vehicle's gross weight and how it is used, with different rules for smaller vans than for larger goods vehicles. This is exactly the kind of detail that changes and has exemptions, so it should be checked against DVSA's own current guidance for a specific vehicle and use, not assumed from a general description.
- What does Market Run record about a driver's day?
- The round assigned, the time it started, the time of each stop, and the proof captured at each delivery - a factual record of the day's work, which a wholesaler can hold alongside whatever compliance or timekeeping system they already run.
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