How we work
The rules Cargonary follows to choose topics, read the law at the source, use artificial intelligence and keep articles and calculators up to date.
Cargonary explains road haulage rules and costs to the people who work with them. These are the rules we set ourselves, for every article and every calculator.
We start from the text of the law
Every article cites at least two sources, and at least one is primary: an EU regulation on EUR-Lex, the ADR text published by UNECE, a national law in that country’s official gazette, a ministry page, a figure from Eurostat or a national statistics office. You will find them at the bottom of the page, with links.
Every fact goes into a working file first: the claim, a short quotation, the address and the exact place (article, paragraph, table). Only what is in that file makes it onto the page.
We never cite paid standards, such as EN or ISO, as if we had read them: when they matter we say so and use the public sources that refer to them. We do not use unofficial copies of legal texts.
A second check before publication
Before anything goes live, someone who did not write it reopens every source and checks figures, articles of law, dates and amounts again. The article is published only after that check.
We use artificial intelligence, and say so
Articles are prepared with artificial intelligence tools: we use them to find sources, write drafts, adapt them into the languages we publish in and check every figure against the source. The rules above apply to them too.
We adapt, we do not translate
We publish in several languages. An EU rule is the same everywhere, but fines, enforcement bodies and the words of the trade change from country to country: each edition is written for its readers.
Calculators
Our calculators work from the text of the law and state the default values they use. Before publishing them we test them against the worked examples in the official sources. A result is an aid to calculation, not a certificate: at a roadside check, the tachograph data and the text of the law are what count.
We keep pages up to date
Rules change, and articles change with them. We recheck pages against their sources at regular intervals and whenever an amendment comes out. When something changes, the page shows the new date and notes at the bottom what changed.
Independent
We do not publish press releases dressed up as articles. If any content is ever sponsored, we will say so clearly.
This site provides general information, not legal advice. Before a decision about a journey, a contract or an appeal, read the current text of the law or speak to a professional.