[monooso]

The answer you seek is right there in the article (emphasis mine):

> Tesla offers its vehicles on long-term leases, and in such a scenario the leasing company is typically the registered keeper of the car.

> Drivers of rented or company cars caught speeding have to be named before they can face prosecution and companies which fail to return paperwork to police can be prosecuted instead.

A company leases the car, and that car may then be available to multiple employees. The police need the company to confirm which employee was driving the vehicle at the time of the office.

[yakz]

The answer is not in the article. The question is: why isn't there a registration process for the person that leased the car? How are rented or company cars even relevant, since that's a different company between Tesla and the driver that would have the information about the driver? It seems like a weird quirk that there's not a registration process closer that leads somewhere closer to the actual driver. Is it a privacy issue? Is it just because enforcement is easier against a larger company?

[wakawaka28]

Because it's the UK and half their shit doesn't make sense fundamentally. But to try to come up with a real answer, I bet some rich people use this feature of their registration system to get a bit of privacy. They can just get a lease vehicle and not even the cops know who has it. Seems plausible.