NIP and Company Cars

[billlees]

I run a company carand received a NIP about a month ago. The car is owned by the leasing company, and leased to my company on contract hire. My company has two drivers (myself and my wife) insured to drive the vehicle.

I have a letter from the leasing company saying that, in the event that the driver fais to respond to the NIP ".. it is our policyto pay the fine to discharge any leagal obligations and aviod escalated charges"

In this circumstance how do the police pursue the driver?
What happens to the points?

Any help in this regardwould be much appreciated.

[plotloss]

I think if the offence is completely unresolved when the due process has been followed and no one singled out the Company Secretary gets the points...

This may be a bit of an urban myth though...

Matt.

[lucozade]

It's simple and happened to one of my mates.

You get taken to court, asked if you could indentify, at which point, you respond by saying you did not keep records who was driving the car on that particular day.

The company gets fined £250 for failing to keep records. No Points, nothing else.

Get in there!!!!

[kevinday]

lucozade said:
The company gets fined £250 for failing to keep records. No Points, nothing else.

Where does the law require a company to keep records? How can the company be fined for not doing something that is not required by law? What an

[outlaw]

just say you did keep records but some one nick em

so you cant telll who the driver was



must hae been the driver who nicked em but I can help as I dont remember and some ones nicked my records .


problem sovled go here www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=30708&f=10&h=0

>> Edited by outlaw on Friday 28th February 22:16

[TUS 373]

It helps if the alleged offence was on a weekend. A friend of mine went to court to say he genuinely did not know whether it was his wife or himself that was driving at the time. He saw the photo and it was not good enough to identify the driver from behind. Magistrate just let him go. After all it can be many weeks that have elapsed by the time you hear about the offence after it has gone from the ticket office to lease company to your company to you.