The responsibilities of fleet managers and directors are constantly changing and evolving. Not only have they got to do their jobs, but they have to be ‘seen’ to do their jobs.

If a driver crashes causing harm, injury or even death whilst banned from driving it does not bode well for the employers if they haven’t been seen to check on the status of their drivers licenses.

Checking on the status of your drivers will help in criminal negligence claims against an employer.

What if an employee gives a lift or is responsible for driving another employee around in the course of their job whilst banned from driving. The employee accepting the lift surely has a reasonable expectation that the employer has checked to see if the driver is licensed to drive. If the car consequently car crashes due to bad driving and the employee being given a lift is killed or incapacitated for life what then?

Fear often is the motivation for employees not telling their employers that they have been banned from driving.

If you introduce a simple routine with your employees that part of the job is to have their driver’s licenses checked electronically, every six or twelve months, then it will become routine.

The information on a paper license can be tampered with but the electronic checking is accurate and up to date.

If you are interested in learning more then please call 0870 889 0181 and we can advise you on the correct procedures that are right for your company.