If a professional driver runs a red light while on duty who has to pay the ticket the company or the driver?

Question

He was caught buy a traffic camera running a red light, can his company make him pay for the ticket?

Answer 1

The driver violated the red light and should pay for the ticket.

Answer 2

There is no way a company would pay fines for moving violations. it is against public policy.  That would be the equivalent of  the company admitting it does not discourage unsafe or discourteous drivinng.

The company does not have to do anything to force him to pay. He knows if he has any unpaid fines on his record, his commercial drivers; license could be suspended.

As far as violations for parking are concerned, well, uh, perhaps....

Answer 3

The driver commited the offense.  The driver has to pay.  

Answer 4

let me ask you this: who ran the red light? was it the company or the driver?

Answer 5

In the UK it will be the driver.

The owner of the vehicle gets a notice formally requiring details of the driver. Failure to provide this information is itself an offence. Cute eh ?

Answer 6

people are responsable for their own lousy driving

Answer 7

in my State - CA - it is actually illegal for an employer to reimburse an employee for moving violations, as the State believes it would encourage drivers to break the laws.

Richard

Answer 8

The operator of the vehicle, not the company, has to pay the ticket for a moving violation.

Answer 9

The company may agree to cover the fine, but is not obligated to.  The driver gets the mark against their license, and the points, if convicted. The company may agree to provide a defense for the driver, but again, is not obligated to.  The company's only obligation would be to pay damages, if any, were their employee found to be at fault in a company-owned vehicle.

Answer 10

At my company, we make the guys pay for their tickets in the company truck. We leave a little room for negotiating on parking tickets in downtown Washington DC because they are completely ridiculous there, but moving violations and traffic cameras are all on them.

Answer 11

Yes, the company can make him pay. The company is responsible for non-moving violations involving the vehicle, but the driver is always responsible for driving.

Answer 12

No law governs the subject and it is strictly a matter of negotiation.  However, any points assessed will be personal, no matter who pays the ticket.  BTW, in my experience, the company does not pay but instead fires the driver for unsafe driving.  

Answer 13

If he is the one pictured driving, you bet.  Photo tickets also leave a space for you to name the driver in the event that the driver isn't named on the ticket because the vehicle isn't registered to them.  Would pay for an infraction that someone else committed while in your car?

Answer 14

The driver and he will be lucky if he does not lose his job.

The driver must pay and it goes on his record.