Changed name for this.
I work for a big big company, household name. I've worked here for 25 years. I have a business needs vehicle, which I do about 6,000 miles a year in (I work part time). I pay tax on that vehicle and I have personal use of the vehicle. I declare any personal mileage and pay it out of my salary each month. My personal mileage way outweighs my business mileage, but it is still deemed for some reason to be a 'necessary' tool of my job.
I have been told that they are installing equipment in my car. Front, rear and internal cameras with permanent recording, and a GPS tracker, and driving assistance. Should I brake hard, accelerate hard, take a corner hard or exceed a speed limit, inside or outside work, more than twice, that will result in a disciplinary action.
Data for the vehicles whereabouts, and my driving camera recordings both inside and outside working hours, will be available for my manager every week and he has to sign off to say he has seen it and agrees it. If he doesn't, it's a disciplinary.
There is NO privacy button/option.
There is also internal audio recording, but at this time it is 'disabled'.
I have some informal flexibility to work from home at times. On average my working week would probably pan out as 1 day in the office, one day travelling, one day at home. On both my travelling day and my working at home day I would think nothing of starting work at home, running the kids to school, then going to my appointment and picking them up conversely and finishing at home. I'm a single mum and I have no local backup, so juggling is a bloody nightmare at the best of times. On paper, those journeys would look awful and I'm absolutely terrified I'm going to be penalised for this. Not to mention I'm somewhat of an anxious driver anyway, and this bloody shouty voice telling me to 'slow down' or 'speed up' fills me with dread.
I've asked them to take the car back, they have refused. They say that despite being used so little, it's part of my job description and it's a tool of my work. I've asked for a car allowance instead; that too has been refused.
Please advise; I'm going insane about this. I've just had to have a blood pressure check and it's through the roof. It's triggering terrible anxiety which I've never had before. I've no idea what to do about this.