The European Police Transport Network says that despite more stringent measures in European legislation to combat tachograph tampering, especially in the field of technology, the Dutch and Belgian traffic services currently detect an increasing number of technologically very refined manipulations.

Such fraudulent measures are enabling drivers to be on the road for more hours than legally permitted, with obvious ramifications for traffic safety.

The association added that examples of manipulations detected in the past few weeks include a Lithuanian vehicle where a dummy – a second pulse generator – operable by remote control had been installed. During a seven-week period, manipulations were detected in four of the same company’s vehicles.