Does Binding Someone Else's Vehicle to Your Driver's License Affect You?
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Binding someone else's vehicle to your driver's license has the following three impacts: 1. First, according to the "Civil Code," when the owner and user of a motor vehicle are not the same person due to situations like leasing or borrowing, and a traffic accident occurs, the liability falls on the party of the motor vehicle. The insurance company will compensate within the mandatory insurance liability limit. Any insufficient amount will be borne by the user of the motor vehicle. If the owner is at fault for the damage, they will bear corresponding liability. 2. Second, in such an accident, since you are neither the owner nor the user of the motor vehicle, from the perspective of tort law, you are not liable for the infringement. 3. Finally, not being liable for infringement does not mean you are free from other responsibilities. Lending your driver's license to a friend may involve them using your name to sign agreements with ride-hailing services like Didi, which might include clauses about traffic accident liability. Thus, you still risk being held accountable under the relevant contract. Lending your driver's license to others for point deduction or other uses is illegal and may result in revocation if caught by traffic police. The "Road Traffic Safety Law" has introduced new regulations: vehicle owners can no longer use others' driver's licenses to deduct points. If the system detects multiple licenses deducting points for one vehicle, it will automatically alert authorities. Additionally, the regulation states that whoever is caught must handle the violation and must swipe their ID card. In case of an accident, you will be held responsible first; otherwise, you will lose eligibility to be a Didi driver.
