A friend of mine runs 3 rigids and is wanting to hire another truck in for the summer. He has capacity on his restricted license, it got me thinking though! Who is repsonsible for the vehicle service/inspections whilst he rents it? Is it like a car and all that is taken care of within the rental agreement?
Thanks in advance
Phil
In practice, the servicing and maintenance of their vehicle will be taken of by the rental company, but the operator (your friend) still bears the responsibility for roadworthiness in exactly the same way as if he owned the vehicle.
It isn’t possible for an operator to contract out of the roadworthiness responsibility, and this is a subject that often catches out an unwary operator and can land them in trouble with the TC.