Council vans (vehicles)for comuting to work

purch

fabricator wrote: »

do tha calc with 10,000 vehicles it = a hell of a lot of money

I've just done the calculation with 1,328,453 vehicles and one Smart Car and it would make your eyes water :eek:

dotdash79

fabricator wrote: »

Its what i have to do,the dept by my place of work is the parks dept some how i cant see they would be on call to go and mow some field somwhere in the dead of night.certain dept need the vans i am talking in general where it seems you can use council vehicles to commute to work its not right and can save thousands of pounds which can be spent where needed eg care homes

In most areas the "parks department" drive the gritters in winter so will be on call, in the case of snow a 20 min delay can mean the difference between total mayhem and smooth running.

grizzly1911

Do all these employees go to work in the yard shouldn't they be out and about doing things in the community?

Before I had a company car my employer would provide me with as vehicle to travel round the country as part of my job. I didn't have to return that to base.

Presumably these vehicles are insured, with a higher premium payable, if private use was allowable.

alleycat`

A different question.

Insurance wise are they allowed to be left on the road over night?

I thought there were rules about "commercial" vehicles getting parked up outside a locked yard overnight?

I don't have a massive opinion about it, just a question really.

fabricator

Very good question alleycat is it costing more for councils and are they breaking insurance policy terms allowing an employe to take a vehicle home with valuable tools in them or is it why they all turn up at the yard to put the tools back in
I know the figures I have estimated is on an average never the less if I am any where near correct then this is costing councils millions of pounds
Should we give all emergency personnel a emergency vehicle to commute as well
Not every person working in the council is on call they are not in sales so why are they allowed to use vehicles payed by the tax payer
And add tyre and servicing costs because they will be needed sooner then the cost escalates further
I pay my council tax for services not so an employee can have free transport to work

Graham_Devon

fabricator wrote: »

Very good question alleycat is it costing more for councils and are they breaking insurance policy terms allowing an employe to take a vehicle home with valuable tools in them or is it why they all turn up at the yard to put the tools back in

Do you have issue with the council, rather than the vans?

Seems you will tap into anything, no matter how stupid, with no evidence.

Why don't you just ask them and waste some more council money? None of us know. But you appear to be scratching around and hoping here, rather than having anything constructive.

If you really want workers to have to drive their vans to and from a yard instead of going directly to the job, then write to your councillor. You could find however, that driving a van to an dfrom a yard each day is a longer distance than having the van at home. You don't seem to have thought about this.

ToasterScheme

fabricator wrote: »

10 vans = £339.60 Per week
100 vans =£33,960 per week

Explain this part for me...

Kennyboy66

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

I'm afraid that's far too much to expect. This is one reason why council housing is (in all probability) far more expensive than subsidising a family in privately rented accommodation.


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How come housing associations (normally ex council stock) which charge less rent than private landlords, each year show a surplus ?

It's been 25 years since councils could subsidise rents from council tax / rates.


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/858c6488-406e-11e2-8f90-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qZ8vhBue

"in all probability" ie wrong.

JWF

ToasterScheme wrote: »

Explain this part for me...

Must be on an exponential price escalator thingy.

Either that, or the arithmetic is pants.

Prothet_of_Doom

Does it make the user more careful with 'his' van ?
Does it cut the cost of insurance ?
Reduce Theft?
Reduce the land needed for car parking?
Does it increase efficiency as there's no need to get back to yard to clock off, so you can go home after the last job is complete (and if you go early today, you might stay later tomorrow?
Mean that the worker accepts lower pay, becuase he doesn't have to buy a car to get to work ?