
With Hurricane Matthew recently hitting the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast, we asked rental operators what procedures they have in place to help protect their staff members, facility, and vehicles when a hurricane is headed their way.
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GO Rentals, a New Zealand-based car rental company, has joined forces with the New Zealand Transport Agency and HMI Technologies to test a Bluetooth device that delivers auto safety messages to rental car drivers.
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According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration analyzed by J.D. Power, over 45 million vehicles that were the subject of safety recalls — issued between 2013 and 2015 — are still not repaired.
Read More →According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), starting today rental car agencies must fix any and all open safety defects before renting out vehicles to customers.
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Recall Masters Inc. has launched its Rental Car Fleet Monitoring Service that provides rental car companies with a service to check their fleet vehicles for recalls across major brands.
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During the International Car Rental Show's exhibit hours, Toyota’s booth will provide show attendees with a virtual reality experience of the technology’s safety features.
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This article in the March/April 2016 issue misstated a provision to ground a rental vehicle.
Read More →A car rental operator wants to know if he doesn't feel comfortable renting a car to a customer, what can he do to not get sued by the customer?
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As the recall bill becomes law, car rental operators are tasked with interpreting it, solving compliance issues, and managing recall identification and repair processes.
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Before the enactment of the Safe Rental Car Act, our industry needs guidance on the ambiguous areas of the law, and NHTSA needs to enact common sense fixes to allow our industry to fully comply and protect the public.
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