Meridian introduces safety inspection for rental pool cars

Meridian Vehicle Solutions is introducing a new safety inspection service for medium term rental cars being used as pool vehicles.

It will provide a regular safety assessment of the vehicle in line with the fleet’s own risk management policy, ensuring that it meets all of their health and safety criteria.
 
Phil Jerome, managing director of Meridian Vehicle Solutions, said: “Several fleets use our medium term rental product of between three to six months to meet their need for pool cars.
 
“This works very well for most of them, allowing them to meet a peak in vehicle demand over the next few months at a lower rate thandaily rental but without the commitment of a conventional three or four-year lease.
 
“However, it can be difficult to meet risk management needs on any pool vehicle. They pass through so many hands that the standard fleet ‘walkaround’ check is often neglected, while more detailed inspections are even more tricky.
 
“Our new service solves this problem, sending out a qualified person at an interval agreed with the fleet to carry out the necessary inspection to standards that meet the fleet’s own, pre-agreed risk management strategy.”
 
Meridian’s medium term rental offers cars at rates that are normally around 15-20% more than traditional contract hire but substantially less than using short term rental. Most vehicles are provided new, straight from the dealer.
 
Jerome added: “It is this price differential that is creating more interest in using our vehicles as pool vehicles and why the addition of the risk management inspection service makes sense as an enhancement to our overall offering.”