The Southern African Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association reports that road accidents in South Africa are costing that country’s car rental industry more than 500-million rands (about $65 million) a year due to the abuse of rented vehicles, according to the South African Web site IOL.
Abuse and neglect of more than 12,000 vehicles per month cost the industry about R50-million (about $6,500,000) a month, according to association statistics. Car rental industry statistics show that the average repair costs for each vehicle was about R4,000 (about $570), which leads to an average downtime of four days per vehicle.











