With the amount of speed cameras on the rise, the car number plate has become the ID for all drivers. But when it is a hire car or company car the number plate could lead the DVLA straight to the driver’s employer where more than three points is at stake.
However according to figures released by the vehicle hire firm National Car Rental, they have found that the amount of speeding fines going through their offices via the DVLA have dropped by more than half over the past year.
When a company hires a vehicle through them they are then liable for what their employee does, so if the driver is caught speeding, the number plate image is taken. But the hire company receives the first indication. They have to provide details of the company that hired the vehicle and so it is the employer who hears from the police or DVLA.
David Alexander, the operations manager for National Car Rental, said: “When you speed in a rental vehicle, the police inform the hire company via the DVLA, and it will then tell your boss. So your job could possibly be at risk.”
“The Corpor¬ate Manslaughter Act will make com¬panies liable for any deaths caused by its employees, so it’s ensuring busi¬nesses are more anxious about their drivers’ behaviour,”
This also applies to parking tickets, congestion charges and other motoring offences such as using a mobile phone and not wearing a seat belt. However, clearly the message is getting across to these drivers as the figures show.
Source [Auto Express]
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