Driveaway coverage is helpful for multiple types of businesses.

Repo businesses may need it if they do voluntary repos. So, if there’s someone who knows that their car is going to be taken and they want to cooperate, they might just say, “Go ahead, take it.” In which case the driver can just hop into the driver’s seat and take the vehicle away. At that point, it makes more sense to just drive the car that needs to be repossessed rather than dragging a tow truck out to the scene and hooking the car up. But those drivers still need insurance, and driveaway coverage is there to cover the risks they face.

Driveaway can also be used by businesses that move heavy machinery (you might get a contract to do so.) This machinery will be road-legal and able to be driven but requires a CDL to do so. That’s why a trucking company might find themselves in a situation where they send a driver to drive the vehicle that needs to be moved. A lot of the time, it’s easier and faster to just drive the awkward piece of machinery or the mobile unit than to try to haul it. This happens a lot when there are natural disasters that require a massive aid effort. Aid organizations usually don’t have a bunch of CDL drivers on-hand, so they need to hire CDL drivers to move mobile units that they need at the scene to help people. It makes much more sense for the driver to simply drive the unit rather than drive a vehicle hauling the unit.