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Don't the parking tickets have to be paid by the driver though, and not the company? FedEx doesn't even own their delivery trucks, the drivers do.

xfitm3 8y ago
Parking tickets are against the registered owner. Moving violations are against the driver.
- Judgmentality 8y ago
  So in the cases where the drivers don't own the delivery vehicles, just deduct the fines from whoever was driving it at the time of the ticket. I admittedly have no idea how these situations are handled by accounting, but that seems like it would be the solution to me.
  - ascar 8y ago
    The solution is the company just pays the ticket. End of story.
    - jdironman 8y ago
      The solution should be repeat offenses equals harsher consequences.
      - pofilat 8y ago
        You are still blaming the laborer for management's policies re (not) allocating sufficient time for correct work.
        jandrese 8y ago
        Or the city's completely insufficient parking situation. But yes, the company looks at this like so: * Option 1. Park in front of the building (illegally) and deliver the package. 2% chance of getting a $200 parking ticket. * Option 2. Driver finds a legal spot, average time: 15 minutes. Add 20 minutes of walking time to the delivery. Requirement: 8x more delivery vehicles required to service the city. Option 1 is much cheaper.
jon-wood 8y ago
It depends on the company. The one I worked for (although not as a driver) the drivers were responsible for all tickets, traffic or parking. Other companies will swallow the cost, sometimes to a ridiculous degree, such as the London borough where Tesco racked up £75,000 worth of parking tickets in a year for delivery trucks dropping at their branches. https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/environment/75-000-parking-fine-bill-for-tesco-as-supermarket-faces-national-investigation-1-3943852 https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/environment/75-000-parking-fi...

xfitm3 8y ago

Parking tickets are against the registered owner. Moving violations are against the driver.

Judgmentality 8y ago
So in the cases where the drivers don't own the delivery vehicles, just deduct the fines from whoever was driving it at the time of the ticket. I admittedly have no idea how these situations are handled by accounting, but that seems like it would be the solution to me.
- ascar 8y ago
  The solution is the company just pays the ticket. End of story.
  - jdironman 8y ago
    The solution should be repeat offenses equals harsher consequences.
    - pofilat 8y ago
      You are still blaming the laborer for management's policies re (not) allocating sufficient time for correct work.
      - jandrese 8y ago
        Or the city's completely insufficient parking situation. But yes, the company looks at this like so: * Option 1. Park in front of the building (illegally) and deliver the package. 2% chance of getting a $200 parking ticket. * Option 2. Driver finds a legal spot, average time: 15 minutes. Add 20 minutes of walking time to the delivery. Requirement: 8x more delivery vehicles required to service the city. Option 1 is much cheaper.

jon-wood 8y ago

It depends on the company. The one I worked for (although not as a driver) the drivers were responsible for all tickets, traffic or parking. Other companies will swallow the cost, sometimes to a ridiculous degree, such as the London borough where Tesco racked up £75,000 worth of parking tickets in a year for delivery trucks dropping at their branches. https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/environment/75-000-parking-fine-bill-for-tesco-as-supermarket-faces-national-investigation-1-3943852 https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/environment/75-000-parking-fi...