{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Driver Working Time Control","description":"A driver who has not taken a mandatory break after 4.5 hours at the wheel has committed a recorded infringement – this is precisely what driver working time control is designed to detect. It covers the uninterrupted logging of all driving, on-duty, and rest periods, in practice almost exclusively via the digital tachograph, which has long been mandatory in new commercial vehicles above a certain gross weight. Traffic authorities analyse tachograph data during roadside checks and company audits; ","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/driver-working-time-control","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-18T08:26:30.265801","citation":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32006R0561","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/driver-working-time-control","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Driver Working Time Control · A driver who has not taken a mandatory break after 4.5 hours at the wheel has committed a recorded infringement – this is precisely what driver working time control is designed to detect. · Quelle: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32006R0561"}