Short answer:
If you get a speeding fine, parking fine or other traffic infringement notice while borrowing a car (including where the car gets a parking fine after you leave it), you'll be responsible for paying the fine plus a $40 admin fee, and taking any associated demerit points.
If you get a fine during your booking
- If you are issued a fine during your trip, pay it straight away and email a photo of the fine to members@ubercarshare.com with proof of payment.
- This will prevent the owner from receiving a copy of the fine from the authorities, and you’ll avoid having to pay an additional fee under the Fee Schedule to cover the Owner’s and Uber Carshare's costs of transferring the fine to you.
If the owner is sent a fine after your trip
- We'll check the booking records to see who had the car at the time.
- If the records show that you are responsible for the fine, Uber Carshare will provide your name, address, date of birth, driver's licence number, and state or country of issue to the owner or their authorised representative.
- The owner or their authorised representative will tell the issuing authority that you are responsible for the fine.
- The agency will reissue the fine directly to you.
- We'll charge a $40 administration fee to cover the time it takes for the owner and Uber Carshare to transfer the fine.
If you think you have been assigned a fine incorrectly
You can contest the fine with the relevant authority once the fine is in your name.
If you were sharing the driving with another member and the fine was incurred while they were driving, you will be able to reassign the fine to them once the fine is in your name. Just follow the instructions on the fine notice you'll receive in the mail.
Remember: if the car gets a parking fine in the place you left it, you're responsible – no matter how long it's been since your trip ended.
Comments
Hi There,
Can you advise if the $40 admin fee also covers Car Next Door and / or the owner informing the borrower that they have incurred a fine?
I ask because I have personally seen an experience in which a borrower on another platform (GoGet) had moved houses and incurred a fine at around the same time. The old address was provided to the issuing authority, but never received by the borrower who was also never informed by GoGet. The fine remained unpaid for more than a year and resulted in significant late-payment fees, all of which could have been resolved by (apart from not incurring the fine in the first place), the platform informing the borrower that their details had been forwarded for the purposes of redirecting the fine.
It's a small thing, but can make a huge difference to your customer satisfaction ratings if someone else is caught out this way in the future.
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