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.
With Acuant’s license verification solution and Record360’s mobile vehicle condition review process, this partnership further digitizes a car rental company’s paper check-in and checkout processes.
In order to pick up a rental car in the UK, travelers must choose from alternatives, which include obtaining a code from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency website.
The Florida Highway Patrol said it will defer enforcement of a new Florida statute that requires non-U.S. residents to carry an International Driver’s Permit along with a valid license from their home country. The amendment conflicts with the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic.
Car rental company owners and employees were recently warned by police that they will be considered liable for renting out vehicles to drivers without a valid driver’s license.
The renter tried to claim in her failed defense that because her license was suspended at the time, the car rental company shouldn’t have rented her the vehicle in the first place, which in her argument, made the company responsible.
Technology has enhanced rental car companies’ ability to verify the status of a customer’s license, and with it, has opened the door for potential negligent entrustment cases. What is your duty in light of recent case law?