>The company is listed as the registered keeper of the vehicle, and police said there had been no response to a written notice of intended prosecution.
Flat_Development6659 on
>**Elon Musk’s Tesla car company has been convicted at least 18 times and ordered to pay more than £20,000**
About a grand per employee, dependant on the driving offence this is totally worth it. I’d much rather pay ~£1100 than get 6 points or a driving ban.
ericthehoverbee on
Time to move to unlimited fines compounding for everyday of non response/compliance.
ericthehoverbee on
Also the police can stop asking and start turning up with a warrant and search the premises and cars for answers
MarginPut on
I’m surprised they can’t just ban every car under that single registered keeper until the driver is named
FarToe1 on
Reading that, it looks a lot like Tesla are providing protection from speeding fines to their employees as a perk when driving company vehicles.
Letters get lost both externally and internally, or records aren’t always up to date or filled out correctly. In those cases it’s absolutely right for the company to receive a substantial fine and they certainly did so in this case.
And for clarity, it’s not just the employees. Tesla will be the registered keepers for all vehicles they lease out to consumers and businesses. I have a lease vehicle through salary sacrifice and my lease provider is the RK. Tesla should then provide the details of their customer but got prosecuted for failing to do so.
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>The company is listed as the registered keeper of the vehicle, and police said there had been no response to a written notice of intended prosecution.
>**Elon Musk’s Tesla car company has been convicted at least 18 times and ordered to pay more than £20,000**
About a grand per employee, dependant on the driving offence this is totally worth it. I’d much rather pay ~£1100 than get 6 points or a driving ban.
Time to move to unlimited fines compounding for everyday of non response/compliance.
Also the police can stop asking and start turning up with a warrant and search the premises and cars for answers
I’m surprised they can’t just ban every car under that single registered keeper until the driver is named
Reading that, it looks a lot like Tesla are providing protection from speeding fines to their employees as a perk when driving company vehicles.
I’m the last person to defend Tesla, but this happens all the time with fleet vehicles. Even various [police forces](https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/england-met-fined-after-ignoring-speeding-inquiry-from-rival-force) and public bodies have been caught up. Met [famously tried to prosecute themselves](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-speeding-prosecution-single-justice-procedure-court-b1238868.html) for failing to provide themselves with the details of their own drivers.
Letters get lost both externally and internally, or records aren’t always up to date or filled out correctly. In those cases it’s absolutely right for the company to receive a substantial fine and they certainly did so in this case.
And for clarity, it’s not just the employees. Tesla will be the registered keepers for all vehicles they lease out to consumers and businesses. I have a lease vehicle through salary sacrifice and my lease provider is the RK. Tesla should then provide the details of their customer but got prosecuted for failing to do so.