Cars on Deliveries

[Lounge Lizard]

What exactly is Royal Mail's policy on using cars for delivery ?
I ask because a reply to a letter in the latest 'Courier' ( page 14 ) states that "employees who have permission to use their cars automatically have third-party cover for business use under Royal Mail's business policy".
That surely makes it official Royal Mail policy for private cars to be used for deliveries and will only encorage managers to use undue pressure to pressurise post(wo)men to use their cars to cut costs.

[brothermagrew]

What exactly is Royal Mail's policy on using cars for delivery ?
I ask because a reply to a letter in the latest 'Courier' ( page 14 ) states that "employees who have permission to use their cars automatically have third-party cover for business use under Royal Mail's business policy".
That surely makes it official Royal Mail policy for private cars to be used for deliveries and will only encorage managers to use undue pressure to pressurise post(wo)men to use their cars to cut costs.

Look in the Downloads section and then make an informed decision:

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=11918

[Lounge Lizard]

What exactly is Royal Mail's policy on using cars for delivery ?
I ask because a reply to a letter in the latest 'Courier' ( page 14 ) states that "employees who have permission to use their cars automatically have third-party cover for business use under Royal Mail's business policy".
That surely makes it official Royal Mail policy for private cars to be used for deliveries and will only encorage managers to use undue pressure to pressurise post(wo)men to use their cars to cut costs.

Look in the Downloads section and then make an informed decision:

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=11918

That's interesting. I had not seen it before.
Not that I shall be using a private car.

[baldrick]

Doesn't third party insurance only cover damage to someone else or another vehicle,
and not to the postie or their vehicle?

[bogstandard]

Doesn't third party insurance only cover damage to someone else or another vehicle,
and not to the postie or their vehicle?

CORRECT

IMO RM do the bare minimum required.
If it was their policy that posties use their own vehicles then they would need to provide significantly more cover, as it isn't and some choose to use their own transport the business insures the other person.

Thinking about it, it is probably cheaper in the long run, and very much easier to police as no policing is needed.