(05 May 2014, 5:23 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Tacho legislation and drivers hours were introduced for a reason.
If a loophole has been identified and what would be a route using a tacograph is manipulated so that the only thing saved is money, then VOSA need to clamp down on it.
As said Arriva are not the only ones doing it. Stagecoach and Go North East both use this practice, as do operators elsewhere in the country (look at the Dalesbus network for example!).
I'm not sure how much money there is to be saved from not having the tachographs themselves, I've heard around £1000 per vehicle but not sure how true that is?
I guess the real savings to be had are in the rotas, where domestic rules are less restrictive than EU rules in terms of weekly driving hours and rest days.