MANAGERS of company cars could get improved access to DVLA driver licence information, reducing the risks of employing unsuitable drivers, with the formation of the Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV).
The new trade body has been launched as a response to the upcoming abolition of the current driving licence paper counterpart. Members of this association are already established providers of driver licence checking through the DVLA’s Electronic Driver Entitlement Checking Service [EDECS].
The data offered by the ADLV member companies formalises this grouping and provides employers with a comprehensive alternative for validating the driver entitlement data for their employees. ADLV will conduct regular audits of members and operate within a strict code of conduct to ensure that the DVLA’s data assurance standards are met.
Working on an online batch e-processing basis, subject to consent from the licence holder, ADLV members will
- supply customers with full licence details
- have the ability to schedule data re-checks and
- monitor licence holders dependent on updated driver risk profiles.
Users of the service also have access to comprehensive management information and reporting across a whole fleet. As a batch service for fleets, the ADLV’s system will be in contrast to the DVLA’s proposed SMDR (Share My Driver Record) facility, a single-query ad-hoc service that requires each driver to register their consent every time their employer wishes to access their driver record from the DVLA.
ADLV chair Malcolm Maycock, said: