Professional hours monitoring and duty of care for vehicles without physical tachographs.
Virtual Tachograph brings professional driver hours monitoring to LGVs (3.5t-7.5t) and commercial vans — any vehicles that aren't legally required to have physical tachographs but still need duty of care oversight.
Using GNSS telematics from DOT Tracking combined with the Tachomaster Worker App, Virtual Tachograph provides real-time monitoring of drive time, work periods, breaks and rest — keeping your drivers safe and your business compliant.
Virtual Tachograph automatically detects when your vehicle is driving using GNSS movement data. Non-driving time is categorised as "other work" — just like a real tachograph. Activities update minute by minute, giving you an accurate, live view of driver behaviour.
Drivers use the Tachomaster Worker App to start and finish their working day, and to record breaks throughout their shift. This ensures accurate duty of care records whilst keeping drivers in control of their own compliance.
The UK Government launched the National Work-Related Road Safety Charter in January 2026, requiring employers to demonstrate duty of care for all work-related driving — not just HGVs or coaches.
Virtual Tachograph helps you meet Charter requirements by monitoring excessive hours, tracking driver behaviour, identifying fatigue risk and providing the safety KPIs needed for Charter reporting.
Virtual Tachograph covers vehicles that traditional tachograph compliance misses.
Virtual Tachograph doesn't just track hours — it provides a complete safety overview:
All this data feeds directly into your Charter Dashboard, giving you the metrics you need to demonstrate duty of care across your entire fleet.
Virtual Tachograph integrates seamlessly with DOT Tracking hardware you may already have installed.
Virtual Tachograph data integrates seamlessly with the full Tachomaster report suite, giving you access to over 80 dedicated reports for analysing driver hours, working patterns and compliance.
All the existing Tachomaster reports work with Virtual Tachograph data, allowing you to identify drivers who may need additional training or support, and demonstrating to insurers and regulators that you take driver safety seriously across your entire fleet.
Virtual Tachograph records provide objective, time-stamped evidence that strongly supports companies operating under employment charters with fair work, transparency, safety and wellbeing commitments.
Virtual Tachograph accurately logs driving time, other work, breaks and start/finish times. This prevents unpaid hours, supports accurate payroll and overtime calculations, and demonstrates fairness to drivers and unions. Drivers can trust they are paid for actual recorded work, not estimates.
Monitor compliance with drivers' hours rules and identify fatigue risks before safety is compromised. Demonstrates proactive duty of care and reduces pressure on drivers to exceed safe limits. Safer drivers mean safer roads and a healthier workforce.
Creates an independent audit trail proving compliance with GB/EU drivers' hours rules and Working Time Regulations. Proves that your company walks the talk and is valuable for audits, accreditations, tenders and public sector contracts — especially where linked to ESG or ISO standards.
Accurate drive-period records protect drivers from false allegations and employers from disputes or enforcement action. Disputes about hours worked can be resolved with data rather than assumptions, building trust and reducing conflict.
Analyse recorded driving periods to design routes that respect legal and human limits, balance workloads across drivers, and identify unrealistic planning practices. Avoids burnout and "favouritism" whilst supporting equality and consistency in job allocation for better work-life balance.
Virtual Tachograph data integrates well with remote work management, mixed fleets (HGV, LGV, vans and car drivers), and gig, agency or flexible shift drivers. Ensures flexible working doesn't mean weaker protections whilst maintaining consistent standards across all driver types.
Over time, recorded drive periods can reveal chronic long days, insufficient recovery time, and patterns linked to sickness or turnover. Provides evidence to justify changes to shifts or staffing levels, supporting wellbeing policies with real data and moving wellbeing from policy to measurable action.
Virtual Tachograph records help turn employment charters from promises into provable practice.
Drivers interact with Virtual Tachograph through the familiar Tachomaster Worker App. At the start of their shift they simply tap "Start Work" and at the end of the day they tap "Finish Work".
Throughout the day, drivers can start and end breaks with a single tap. The app shows them how much drive time they have remaining and when they need to take their next break — keeping them legal and safe.
Virtual Tachograph runs in the background, automatically detecting drive periods and categorising other time as work. Drivers don't need to do anything except manage their breaks and working day boundaries.
Many businesses operate mixed fleets — HGVs with traditional tachographs alongside smaller vans, minibuses and LGVs without them. This creates a compliance gap where some drivers are closely monitored whilst others have no oversight at all.
Virtual Tachograph closes that gap, giving you consistent duty of care across every vehicle in your fleet, regardless of size or legal requirements.
Fatigue is a major factor in work-related road incidents. The Road Safety Charter recognises that duty of care extends beyond HGVs and coaches to all commercial driving.
Virtual Tachograph helps you demonstrate that you take driver safety seriously by providing the monitoring, reporting and alerting systems needed to prevent fatigue-related incidents before they happen.
Your drivers are your most valuable asset. Virtual Tachograph helps keep them safe.
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Shenley Hall, Rectory Lane,
Shenley, Radlett.
Hertfordshire, WD7 9AN
T 01923 460000
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