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NewsJune 1, 2016

Safe Rental Car Act Effective Today

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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NewsMarch 23, 2016

CORRECTION: “Safe Rental Car Act: What Now?”

This article in the March/April 2016 issue misstated a provision to ground a rental vehicle.

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Articlesby Chris BrownMarch 15, 2016

Safe Rental Car Act: What Now?

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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ArticlesMarch 15, 2016

The Challenge to Comply

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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NewsFebruary 24, 2016

Panel to Discuss Recall Bill at Car Rental Show

As the recall bill comes closer to law, learn more about how this law could impact your rental car operation.

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Articlesby Chris BrownJanuary 29, 2016

Safe Rental Car Act Passes as Part of Highway Bill

The recall bill will become law on June 1, 2016. The law exempts companies with rental or loaner fleets of fewer than 35 vehicles.

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NewsDecember 16, 2015

Safe Rental Car Act Passes as Part of Highway Bill

The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act was signed into law on Dec. 4 as part of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22).

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NewsDecember 2, 2015

ACRA Backs Highway Bill's Car Rental Recall Provisions

The American Car Rental Association (ACRA) commended the House and Senate conferees for including The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act in the federal highway bill conference report filed yesterday.

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NewsNovember 11, 2015

ACRA Opposes Amendment to Recall Bill

The American Car Rental Association (ACRA) opposes the amendment that exempts car dealers from grounding recalled vehicles in their rental fleets.

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NewsJuly 16, 2015

Senate Committee Kills Amendment to Modify Recalls

The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee did not approve Section 4209, an amendment for rental recalls in the S. 1732 bill: Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015.

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