Ashton consulting Car Policy
If the company fixes rules that would require the employees to dig into their pockets if they wish to use the cars, it could mean profit for the company and good conduct from the employees. This is because the employees would not venture into unnecessary business trips as they would fear procuring losses while in the mean time they could engage themselves in profitable profits or their inputs (at a time on which they could have been on business trips)be used for positive commercial gains. If by any means they will use the cars and the company is responsible for the expenditure of the Car inn terms of gasoline,on which there evidences I the form of receipts, the comp[any could be developing good company-employee relationships. Where the company insists that all the employees will be required to produce their driver’s licenses when they need to use the vehicles, the company could not only be making the employees responsible, but also making it safe for the other road users. If the company insists that receipts be provided, it cold is doing away with corruption.
There are several company car use policies.However, not all are adhered to mostly because of ignorance. For example: company car use only-considering fairness and equity, a driver can’t leave a friend or a relative on the road. Some companies insist that the physically and mentally unfit can’t use the vehicles that are a discriminative policy. The policy of strictly no smoking in a company vehicle doesn’t work for the drivers simply because the drivers are ignorant as they are not being watched or enforced.(Jack)
A policy statement for the policy problem: While the car use policy about the physically and the mentally challenge is welcome, at the least the case of the physically handicapped should be considered; and they shouldn’t be marginalized. Some vehicles could be modified for their benefit. The policy that only the approved garages are where their vehicles will be serviced should also be reconsidered. The drivers of the company cars could be get car-breakdowns in places where even though there are garages,. The approved ones may be many kilometers away. Also the policy that the drivers should not drive while talking on the phone should be reviewed because need to make a phone call may arise when in unsecure places and by adhering to the company policy of not call while driving could endanger their lives.
Jack, Hungelman. Insurance for Dummies. New York: For Dummies, 2009.
