Radars – Companies will have to denounce their employees flashed in speeding –

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Companies will have to denounce their employees flashed in speeding

Radars - Companies will have to denounce their employees flashed in speeding -

Until now, the employee of a company holding a vehicle registration document for an infringing vehicle was content to pay the fine and the employee, generally unidentified, kept the points of his license.. But that was before…

The deputies must adopt today one which plans in particular to oblige the companies to denounce their employees flashed in excess of speed. The government – which estimates that approximately 2 million points per year are not withdrawn because of "phantom driver" – wants the employer from now on to denounce, on pain of a fine, the person who was driving the vehicle when he speeded past a radar…

On the office of the National Assembly, one finds in fact among the "provisions improving the repression of certain traffic offenses" the, resulting from a government amendment, adopted by the committee after favorable opinion of the rapporteur, which lists the " measures to combat circumvention of the law on automated control ".

Certified helmets and gloves

But as of today, 21 large companies employing 1.1 million employees are anticipating the legal obligation – scheduled for January 1, 2017 – by signing a: Airbus, Axa, Caisse des Depôts, Danone, Disneyland Paris, Enedis, Engie , Johnson & Johnson, Keolis, La Poste, MAIF, Michelin, NRJ, Orange, PSA, Renault, Sanef, SGS, SNCF, Total and Vinci undertake in particular "not to accept exceeding authorized speeds" and to "always ask our employees, in the event of an infringement, to assume the sanction " !

These same big boxes are also committed to "encourage two-wheeled drivers to better equip themselves" by providing them "certified helmets and gloves" (remember that from November 20) and "developing incentives promoting l ‘use of additional equipment ", but without specifying the sanctions in the event of non-monitoring of these" incentives "…

No gray card without a suitable license

Like their fellow senators, the deputies will also undoubtedly validate the measures aimed at "broadening the framework for the use of the automated control of vehicle identification data, commonly known as the automated reading of license plates (LAPI), to the control of compliance with the provisions of the Highway Code, in particular concerning vehicle insurance, by consulting a dedicated file but also more generally by consulting the automated processing of the vehicle registration system or the automated processing of the automated control system . The use of LAPI devices will also make it possible to identify drivers who have not paid their increased flat-rate fine and to detain their vehicle in application of Article L. 121-4-1 of the Highway Code "..

Finally, to prevent the practice of registering his GSZXY-10R1 RR SP in the name of the youngest 8 and a half – which necessarily made it impossible to withdraw points, the holder of the gray card not even having the allowed! -, the government plans to "require the designation of a person holding the driving license corresponding to the type of vehicle to be registered in order to proceed with a registration".

TPE Vs CAC 40…

"It is to be feared that the differences in treatment between employees of small and large companies persist," warns Daniel Quero, president of the 40 million motorists association: "small companies will be keen to keep their good elements, at the risk of putting themselves in financial danger by paying the fines for which they are liable, while the largest companies, which already provide precise monitoring of the users of the vehicles in their fleet, will not hesitate to denounce the offending employees, thus exposing them to loss of points and the weakening of their driving license and their employment ".

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