Refusal To Name A Driver When Questioned
The laws in place that govern British motoring state that refusing to or failure to disclose the name of the driver of your car at the time of an accident is a worse crime than actually causing the accident yourself!
Several cases finish up in court because people do not name the person who was driving their car at the time of the accident and although it seems like an honourable thing to do to protect your friend; it is in fact very foolish. Accidents happen all the time, although some are more serious than others, but even the best drivers cant avoid them completely.
When more serious accidents happen, it is quite a common occurrence for the driver to flee the scene and leave the car. However when the car is found it is traced back to the owner who then has to identify who was driving the car when the accident took place, but if they dont, then they face two charges. One is failing to name the driver and the other is causing the accident.
Organisations that hire drivers, for example, couriers and taxi firms, do not know the address of their drivers and will usually only have a mobile number which is easily losable. So the moral is, if you employ drivers, make sure that you conduct the necessary background checks and that you know all of their details so that you are not liable when something untoward happens.
Every year there are thousands of cases where an accident has happened and the owner of the vehicle says he doesnt know who was driving the car at the time. This is almost always resolved by a witness to the crash identifying the driver who then gets fined for the crash, and the owner of the vehicle gets charged with failure to name the driver, the latter of which carries the greater punishment.
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