New transportation policy at George Fox
For the past year, we’ve been in conversation with our risk management/insurance company as well as completed a comprehensive review of best practices to reduce risk and liability related to the transportation of students, faculty and staff. You will find the new policy at this link. Please review this very carefully and feel free to contact Plant Services or Brad Lau if you have any questions.
We are not yet ready to implement the personal vehicle aspect of the policy, but are ready to implement the policies and procedures guiding the use of university vehicles.
In order to check out and drive University vehicles (as well as to rent and drive Enterprise vehicles on university business), a student and/or employee driver must be on the “approved driver’s list.” This means that the following has occurred (a minimum of five days before the student or employee plans to pick up and drive a university vehicle):
- The student or employee has read and agreed to the policy.
- The student or employee has viewed the 15-minute training video.
- The student or employee has taken a quiz that requires approximately 10-15 minutes.
- A background check of the student’s or employee’s driving record has been completed and meets the criteria described in the university policy.
Once all this has been completed and verified (and assuming all the criteria are met), the employee’s or student’s name will be added to the approved driver’s list and university vehicles can be checked out and driven. This process will need to be completed annually for students and once every three years for employees. Of course, there is much more information in the policy, so please review it carefully.
To begin the process of becoming an approved driver, please login to FoxTALE on this page and follow directions.
The new policy is effective immediately, so please take care of this as soon as possible if you plan to drive a university vehicle on university business. When you pick up the vehicle, you will need to show Plant Services your driver’s license and verbally verify that you have current personal automobile insurance (even though university insurance provides coverage for the use of university vehicles).