How can a tracker judge the car is not being used for the benefit of the claimant if they cannot drive. How doe’s a tracker know if the clamiant is or was in the car at the time? it doesn’t. Next you’ll say the car should have a camera in it recording what goes on and a black box to recored the telematics’ Just incase the car is misused. Mb was ok with the situation otherwise the non driving claimant would have no access to a car at all, is that a benefit to them. This was only the case when my brother left my mum’s address and moved 20+ miles away and had already had cars on the scheme for a number of years. For example, In his lunch break he would drive to my mums and sort out her lunch and empty her commode (as a non paid carer) and did any stuff she needed doing then went back to work. Pretty much that time would be cut down to zero if he had not had the use of the car and had to use public transport for instance, as it sat outside the non driving claimants house. he’d pop in before work and after work or his wife would if it was his day off and my mum needed something or taking somwhere and in the middle of the night if needed, how would he get to her, to give here the care she needed. Many people are in that situation and that’s not abusing the scheme, it is a benefit to non a driving claimant. Whenever she needed taking somewhere my brother took her, shopping doctors to visit friends and family and has his own life to lead also being here sole carer. So it’s a very different situation to the one the post is about and one mbo was aware of and was happy with. Thats what matters not what anyone think should be the case.
If you read what I posted, I made it clear that if regular visits weren’t being made to the actual claimants address, one would have to question the validity of the suggestion that all other journeys carried out, the majority, were being undertaken by the named driver for the benefit of said claimant.
As for the claimant actually being in the car, a named driver keeping the vehicle at their home address would have to complete two journeys to that address to collect and return the claimant. Something a tracker would clearly show. If they didn’t do those journey’s, how could the claimant possibly be in the car?
Current car: Mini Countryman EV in very shiny black!
Previous car: MG HS Exclusive in nice shiny black.