Rapid Response selects DAVIS to automate licence checking
Prior to appointing Licence Check, the service relied on manual licence checking systems via the DVLA but found these too time consuming, labour intensive, costly and prone to error.
Prior to appointing Licence Check, the service relied on manual licence checking systems via the DVLA but found these too time consuming, labour intensive, costly and prone to error.
Drivers now have to complete, and successfully pass, assessment days, including driving assessments carried out by a dedicated driving assessor, before being added to the DAVIS system. They are then sent an SMS message or email to provide consent for their licences to be checked – which is then carried out monthly on an ongoing basis.
SMS E-Approval is the latest way for drivers to grant permission to have their licence checked within the cloud-based DAVIS (Driver and Vehicle Information Solution) platform.
As we approach GDPR’s third anniversary, many companies will find that a significant proportion of their driver permissions will expire and need renewing this year. Latest Licence Check figures show a 200% spike in licence re-permissions in June which coincides with the introduction of the original GDPR.
Official figures show that over three million fewer MOTs were carried out in April and May during lockdown compared with the same months last year, as motorists were given a six-month extension on the MOT due date from March 30.
Benefits of introducing the DAVIS solution include the speed of checking it introduced, thanks to the use of e-mandates for driver permissions and the rapid response times from the DVLA.
Licence Check, the provider of fleet licence checking and compliance services, said that operators need to ensure their drivers have completed their necessary training in good time.
Derby-based Licence Check has increased the number of options available within its Driver and Vehicle Information Solution, DAVIS, so that personal information can be collected and verified more efficiently.
Figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act confirmed that in the past four years there has been a 33.5% increase in the number of drivers who had their licence revoked under the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995.
Companies need to be aware that reciprocal arrangements could leave them exposed under duty of care regulations, after figures show that rising numbers of foreign motorists are using a legal loophole to get a British licence without taking a driving test in the UK.
Drivers could notch up sufficient penalty points for possible disqualification on just a single smart motorway journey if they are not continually aware and do not observe speed limits.