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For reasons of public safety, many jurisdictions have limits on the working hours of drivers of certain vehicles. A tachograph can be used to monitor this and ensure that appropriate breaks are taken.
Vehicles used for the carriage of goods where the maximum permissible weight of the vehicle, including any trailer or semi-trailer, does not exceed 3.5 tonnes
Vehicles with a maximum authorised speed not exceeding 30 kilometres per hour
Vehicles used by or under the control of the armed services, civil defence, fire services, and forces responsible for maintaining public order
Vehicles used in connection with the sewerage, flood protection, water, gas and electricity services, highway maintenance and control, refuse collection and disposal, telegraph and telephone services, carriage of postal articles, radio and television broadcasting and the detection of radio or television transmitters or receivers
Vehicles used in emergencies or rescue operations
Specialised vehicles used for medical purposes
Vehicles transporting circus and fun-fair equipment
Specialised breakdown vehicles
Vehicles undergoing road tests for technical development, repair or maintenance purposes, and new or rebuilt vehicles which have not yet been put into service. (This would not apply to vehicles, normally falling in scope of the EC rules, on journeys to Testing Stations for the purposes of an annual test)
Vehicles used for non-commercial carriage of goods for personal use
Vehicles used for milk collection from farms and the return to farms of milk containers or milk products intended for animal feed
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