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Grey Fleets - a problem?

I fancy that the term “Grey Fleets” is something which we are going to hear a lot about in the coming months as clearly it has big implications for those who are driving for work.

 

What is clear is that companies and organizations are well up front with the core business transport arrangements, vehicles and those who drive such vehicles.  However, when it comes to those staff who drive to support the business either in the company car or in their own vehicle things are often a lot different, which means that bosses are failing in their duty of care and in the unfortunate event one of their staff being involved in a crash could find themselves in the dock.

The so-called 'grey-fleet' was also highlighted as a major safety concern in a report from Fleet News. The publication revealed that almost two out of 3 private vehicles driven on company business were "not safe to be on the road." It has been estimated that between one and three million privately-owned cars are used for work purposes.

An ongoing study by Total Motion found that almost 60% of the private vehicles were not properly maintained and around a third were not properly insured.  Just over 70% of maintenance problems identified were tyre-related and should have been picked up during basic safety checks. However, the vast majority (91%) of drivers admitted they did not carry out such checks, and 98% said their employers had failed to ask about them.


Thanks to Graham Feest of AIRSO


 

 
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