Your opinions please-vehicle accident.

[tri boy]

Company vechile, Company pays.
Part of being in business. MHO

[Smifffy]

Company vehicle being used in a normal manner - company pays. If driving is part of employees normal duties, and driving is below standard then it needs to be treated the same as any other performance management issue.

I would suggest that unless there is something clear and specific regarding the employee paying for damages in the employment agreement or vehicle policy (and since the question arises it's fair to say in this case there isn't) it would be unlawful to force the driver to pay.

As stated before, this is what insurance is for, and if the company decides not to claim, that decision is the company's.

[onearmedbandit]

If it is a car yard vehicle being used as a 'driver' in my experience (10yrs in car sales, 10yrs driving 'drivers') then the responsibility lies with the driver. It's a privilege to take home 'stock' from the yard, and after the owner of the business has paid for it to be p & p'ed and groomed it's the responsibility of the employee to keep it in the same condition.

This is my experience, and is common practice in the car industry.

[Banditbandit]

If it is a company vehicle on company business, then the company should pay.

However this depends upon who was at fault.

I made the guys who worked for me sign an agreement to pay the excess in the event oif an accident that was their own fault.

This was to give them the message that I would like them to drive carefully and not faaark the vehicles.

One of the little c#nts working for me rammed a cabbie up the arse and gave my name as the driver. He looked suprised when I took the excess out of his wages

Good shit ... that'll teach him to respect company property ...