Company vehicles

DCFC79

Am i right in thinking for me to drive a company vehicle my employer needs to know various details eg how many points i have, am i banned from driving(not that I am) or whether i have been banned before

Kez1983

Mine simply took a photocopy of my licence (both parts) and I signed the company car policy.

DCFC79

Kez1983 wrote: »

Mine simply took a photocopy of my licence (both parts) and I signed the company car policy.

my contract says nothing about being able to drive company vehicles and ive not signed anything to say otherwise, i was a little yesterday as i had to drive a van home

Savvy_Sue

A sensible employer would ask to see your licence before allowing you to drive a company vehicle! They should probably also be asking whether you have any points and for your claim history, and passing this information to their insurers.

There is no other way for them to know that you HAVE a licence, and that it covers the vehicle in question. In addition, if you have an accident in a company vehicle, the insurers may be less than impressed if you have a record for writing vehicles off.

DCFC79

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

A sensible employer would ask to see your licence before allowing you to drive a company vehicle! They should probably also be asking whether you have any points and for your claim history, and passing this information to their insurers.

There is no other way for them to know that you HAVE a licence, and that it covers the vehicle in question. In addition, if you have an accident in a company vehicle, the insurers may be less than impressed if you have a record for writing vehicles off.

my thoughts exactly, i was more worried about having an accident in such a bigger vehicle as to what i normally drive, i do have a clean licence and am not banned and have never been banned but my employer dont know that do they

DCFC79

Judas wrote: »

Your employer has obligations and therefore could be held liable for any incident caused by their lack of care; that said; it is your responsibility to ensure your insured so if something happened you may well be liable too

Personally if you do have anything like this you should declare it for your own protection if its likely to happen again.

well in future ill refuse to do it,

when you say declare do you mean mention it to employer

im applying for other jobs as its a bit of a shambles

Savvy_Sue

I wouldn't necessarily refuse. I would just say "Don't you need to see my driving licence? don't you need to tell your insurer? don't you have a form on which I can confirm I haven't had any accidents the insurers would want to know about?"

We have to declare names to our insurers, and for anyone who's not got a clean licence and claims record we have to give details.

We also send staff out on a test drive, there's some people you wouldn't want to let loose on the roads. :eek:

DCFC79

Judas wrote: »

Yes I meant to your employer in order to ensure you were covered; I dont think refusing is actually a good idea unless you arent legally able to drive.

Otherwise I would discuss it and share your concerns and take it from there.

hopefully its a 1 off,

dharm999

We ask staff to see their licences and we also ask about points, as that affects our insurance. Drivers who have above 6 points mean a higher excess if they have an accident, so we need to know points, etc..

Hammyman

It depends on the insurer. They will need to know you have a valid licence. On many company policies, they're blanket "any employee or person acting on orders of the company" types.

DCFC79

dharm999 wrote: »

We ask staff to see their licences and we also ask about points, as that affects our insurance. Drivers who have above 6 points mean a higher excess if they have an accident, so we need to know points, etc..

it was just weird how i wasnt asked to show licence, i did as and i was "because your an employee your insured to drive" ad i wasnt going to pursue it further as it might put a cat amongst the pigeons