{"id":11262,"date":"2018-06-18T07:53:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T07:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=11262"},"modified":"2018-06-18T07:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T07:53:33","slug":"tracking-geofencing-stops-rental-vans-straying-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/11262","title":{"rendered":"Tracking + geofencing stops rental vans straying too far"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peugeot<\/p>\n

What happens if you take your rental van abroad<\/a> without getting permission from the hire company?<\/p>\n

Firstly, you’ll be breaking the law by driving without valid documentation (a VE103 form). And you probably won’t have insurance. So you’ll be in line for a hefty fine if you’re stopped by foreign cops or involved in a collision.<\/p>\n

But even if that doesn’t happen, you may find you have an unexpected problem. Your van may suddenly refuse to start. <\/span><\/p>\n

Van hire companies are increasingly using tracking and telematics systems that allow them to see where their vans are at all times.\u00a0<\/span>These systems can also offer so-called geofencing, which means that the van’s owner can set limits on the where it can be operated and immobilise the van if it travels outside those permitted areas.<\/p>\n

This might mean that channel ferry ports are added as restricted areas. So if you take a van into a ferry port without having arranged for European hire, you may get a call from your hire company.<\/p>\n

If you manage to get out of the country without permission, your van may even be remotely immobilised until the\u00a0rental company can contact you to find out what’s happening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you take a hire van abroad without permission, you may find that your rental company immobilises the van remotely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[2154,2155,1678],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11262"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11268,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11262\/revisions\/11268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}