I don't know if this has already been posted (been away a while).
http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/day-7_6_2006
Quote:
At least one company car driver in 100 is driving illegally without a valid licence, research has found. An investigation of 500 driving licences belonging to company motorists identified seven who should not have been driving, mainly because of speeding bans they had not notified their employers of for fear of losing their jobs.
The findings are likely to worry fleets which do not check licences to ensure they are valid – and especially those with hundreds of drivers of which a significant number could be disqualified.
Executives at the Licence Bureau made the discovery after checking licences that belonged to drivers at five different companies. During checking it was revealed that one licence had been revoked by the DVLA before the employee, who was not aware it had happened, had joined the company.
The Licence Bureau recommends follow-up checks are undertaken annually on staff who have less than four points on their licence, six-monthly for those with four to seven points and quarterly on staff with eight or more points.
Source: FNN
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