May 4, 2011 • by Staff
Hawaii state lawmakers passed House Bill 1039 on Friday, April 29, which includes an increase surcharge on car rental taxes from $3 to $7.50. The surcharge will be used to help close the state's deficit.
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The cap on surge pricing would have been the first such law in the country.
Since China did not sign the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, which established international standards for road signs and rules, Chinese citizens who visit Japan, and other Geneva Convention-ratified countries, need an international driving permit.
Senate Bill 2641, which was passed in April, would require p2p car rental groups such as Turo and Getaround to abide by taxes and regulatory burdens included in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act.
The new law mandates that peer-to-peer carsharing companies pay sales tax, are subjected to airport contracts, and must comply with the national safety recall law.
The bill still needs the signature of Mayor Kirk Caldwell, whose administration appears to oppose it.
The Syracuse Common Council Airport & Transportation committee says there is little that could be done, since state law supersedes city law.
The legislation, which goes into effect July 1, grants authorities the power to suspend a driver’s license for three to six months if he or she is caught violating the new law two or more times.
All states have laws that govern various aspects of rental car operations. Do those laws apply to new and developing mobility models and, if so, to what extent? The answers are not clear.
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board found that Uber does not enable the automatic braking feature while its self-driving test vehicles are under computer control to “reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior.”
The announcement comes following death of a passenger using Didi Chuxing’s carpooling feature earlier this month.
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