Drivers’ hours, tachographs, ADR, fines and cost per kilometre: rules read at the source and free calculators for road haulage in Europe, country by country.https://cargonary.com/en/enhttps://cargonary.com/en/45-minute-break-rules/https://cargonary.com/en/45-minute-break-rules/After 4 hours 30 of driving a 45-minute break is due. It can only be split as 15 then 30 minutes: worked cases and common mistakes under Regulation 561/2006.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/adr-1000-points-rule/https://cargonary.com/en/adr-1000-points-rule/How the ADR 1.1.3.6 small load exemption is calculated: transport categories, factors 50, 20, 3 and 1, what counts in kg or litres, three mixed loads.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/adr-small-load-exemption-requirements/https://cargonary.com/en/adr-small-load-exemption-requirements/Below the 1.1.3.6 threshold you still need a transport document with the calculated value, a 2 kg extinguisher and 1.3 training. No orange plates or ADR certificate.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/attestation-of-activities-form/https://cargonary.com/en/attestation-of-activities-form/The EU attestation of activities form is no longer mandatory: Art. 34 of Regulation 165/2014 rules it out. When it can still help and how to fill it in.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/driving-hours-fines-europe/https://cargonary.com/en/driving-hours-fines-europe/Fines for excess driving, short rest, missed breaks, no driver card and tachograph tampering in five countries, side by side with the EU scale of Reg. 2016/403.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/eu-driving-hours-rules/https://cargonary.com/en/eu-driving-hours-rules/Daily, weekly and fortnightly driving limits, the 45-minute break, daily and weekly rest under EU Regulation 561/2006, with a full week worked out hour by hour.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/france-driving-hours-fines/https://cargonary.com/en/france-driving-hours-fines/How France fines drivers' hours and tachograph breaches: 4th and 5th class offences of the Code des transports, the €135 fixed fine and the €30,000 offences.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/germany-driving-hours-fines/https://cargonary.com/en/germany-driving-hours-fines/How Germany fines drivers and hauliers for driving time, rest and tachograph breaches: the LASI LV 48 rates per half hour and the FPersG caps of €5,000 and €30,000.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/italy-driving-hours-tachograph-fines/https://cargonary.com/en/italy-driving-hours-tachograph-fines/What a driver or haulier pays in Italy for exceeding driving time, cutting rest or driving without a card: Highway Code art. 174 and 179, points and vehicle stops.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/lost-stolen-driver-card/https://cargonary.com/en/lost-stolen-driver-card/Tachograph driver card lost, stolen or damaged: who to report it to, replacement within 7 days, driving up to 15 days with printouts. Regulation 165/2014.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/reduced-weekly-rest-compensation/https://cargonary.com/en/reduced-weekly-rest-compensation/Reduced weekly rest of 24 to 45 hours: how many hours to pay back, by which date and how, under Article 8 of Regulation 561/2006. Worked example with fixed dates.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/smart-tachograph-version-2-deadlines/https://cargonary.com/en/smart-tachograph-version-2-deadlines/New trucks from 21 August 2023, retrofit for vehicles working abroad, vans over 2.5 t from 1 July 2026: the EU deadlines for the smart tachograph V2.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/spain-driving-hours-fines/https://cargonary.com/en/spain-driving-hours-fines/What it costs in Spain to exceed driving time, cut rest or tamper with the tachograph: fines under Law 16/1987 (LOTT), who pays and when the truck is stopped.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/tachograph-download-frequency/https://cargonary.com/en/tachograph-download-frequency/Driver card every 28 days, vehicle unit every 90, downloaded data kept for at least 12 months, 56 days of records on board: the EU tachograph download rules.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://cargonary.com/en/uk-drivers-hours-fines/https://cargonary.com/en/uk-drivers-hours-fines/Drivers' hours and tachograph fines in Great Britain: the £100, £200 and £300 graduated fixed penalties, DVSA deposits up to £1,500 and what goes to court.Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT