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tach·o·graph

(tăk′ə-grăf′)
n.
A machine that records the measurements of a tachometer, especially one in a vehicle recording its speed and the times at which it was driven.
[Greek takhos, speed + -graph.]
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tachograph

(ˈtækəˌɡrɑːf; -ˌɡræf)
n
(Automotive Engineering) a tachometer that produces a graphical record (tachogram) of its readings, esp a device for recording the speed of and distance covered by a heavy goods vehicle. Often shortened to: tacho
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Noun 1. tachograph - a tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle
tach, tachometer - measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
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Translations

tachograph

[ˈtækəgrɑːf] N (Brit) → tacógrafo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tachograph

[ˈtækəgrɑːf] n → tachygraphe m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tachograph

n (Brit) → Fahrtenschreiber m, → Tachograf m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tachograph

[ˈtækəˌgrɑːf] n → tachigrafo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Members of the European Parliament gave the nod of approval, on 15 January in Strasbourg, to a new generation of tachographs, devices used to record driving and rest times of professional drivers.
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TomTom Business Solutions, a provider of fleet management solutions, announced today the entering of a strategic partnership with DAKO, a European provider of solutions for regulatory worktime and driving time compliance based on the use of tachographs.
TomTom and DAKO sign strategic partnership
A motorist with no legal lettering was also caught along with one with no tachograph calibration while two drivers failed to produce charts / tachographs and one driver was driving over his hours.
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The idea is set out in a proposal for amendment of legislation on digital tachographs - the device that registers driving time and rest time of professional drivers - and is meant to make it easier to fight fraud: driver cards can be exchanged easily between drivers, unlike driving licences.
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VOSA check tachographs they made He was hit with a pounds 600 fixed penalty by the Commercial Vehicle Unit and a drivers hours prohibition.
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Fujitsu (NASDAQ: FJTSY), a provider of ICT-based business solutions, today announced the availability of a software as a service (SaaS) based solution for the trucking industry in Japan which will enable transportation companies to analyse the output from digital tachographs to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
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"There has been a long-standing dereliction of the arrangements for ensuring the rules on drivers' hours and tachographs would be observed," said Mr Maddrell.
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