
A transportation bill introduced by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, would allow car rental companies to rent recalled vehicles that haven’t been repaired.
A transportation bill introduced by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, would allow car rental companies to rent recalled vehicles that haven’t been repaired.
On May 1, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of legislators.This legislation is backed by ACRA, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS) and several other auto safety groups.
At a press conference last week, the American Car Rental Association (ACRA) joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Mark Rosekind in support of passing legislation that would require rental car agencies to fix safety defects before renting vehicles subject to a recall.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to the CEOs of the major auto manufacturers to encourage them to support the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Act, a bill that would end the practice of renting recalled cars to consumers.
The issue of recalled vehicles on the road was highlighted in a recent New York Times article on the front page of the New York edition.
The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act (S. 921), which was reintroduced in the Senate in May, was passed by the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday.
Representatives from the rental car industry, auto dealers and auto manufacturers spoke at the Senate hearing yesterday.
The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013 was filed last week to prohibit rental car companies from renting recalled cars.
If enacted, S. 3706 would require car rental companies to fix vehicles that have been recalled by manufacturers for safety-related defects before the vehicles can be rented out to customers.
The data showed that Enterprise, for example, after 90 days had fixed an average of 65 percent of the cars subject to recalls between June 2006 and July 2010.
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