As explained by North Sweden road police, the inspection of the vehicle “initially seemed to be completely OK” and “there were no recorded violations in the analysis program”.
However, some clever work saw the inspectorate probe further and discover a suspected software manipulation that impacted the tachograph’s printouts.
Writing on Facebook, the road police said that a cross reference of the tachograph data with the vehicle’s “shipping actions” resulted in a discrepancy of around 25 miles.
Suspecting something could have been manipulated, the truck was seized and taken to a police workshop.
After two days of analysis, all manipulations were ruled out apart from software manipulation of the printer. The vehicle’s tacho data was therefore taken and sent off for analysis.
The police suspect that the both the driver and his employer are guilty of manipulating the printer. The HGV driver had his licence seized, while the haulier is set to pay an estimated fine of almost €13,300 if it is found guilty.
