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Tachographs create a record of drivers' activities that are used to enforce the drivers' hours rules. EC Regulation 2135/98 required the introduction of a new kind of tachograph, commonly known as the Digital Tachograph which records information in digital memory, rather than (as now) on a paper disc. Digital tachographs will be used in conjunction with smart cards known as tachograph cards that will store certain information in a digital memory chip on the card. The digital tachograph will also include a printer capable of making printouts of the information recorded by the digital tachograph.