The long-standing practice of small operators licensing their vehicles under the names of larger firms will also be cracked down on. In the case of the Meiling crash, though the operator of the offending vehicle had paid a fee to register the bus under the name of a larger company, the latter was negligently oblivious of the driving conditions and the physical condition of the bus.
以梅嶺車禍肇事車輛所靠的八方車行為例，雖對掛名在公司旗下的靠行車主收取規費，但對於遊覽車的實際車況、駕駛情形完全不聞不問，一旦出事車行必須負連帶刑責時，又與車主互踢皮球。