This reminds me of the old joke: "When I get home tonight, if my wife doesn't have dinner on the table I'm gonna raise hell. If she does, I won't eat a bite!"
Candy
Edited on Oct 28, 2025 10:11pm
This reminds me of the old joke: "When I get home tonight, if my wife doesn't have dinner on the table I'm gonna raise hell. If she does, I won't eat a bite!"
Candy
Larry knows.
Originally posted by: Dan Svatass
As in another thread, the self-harming steps this "Kevin Lewis" character in these threads says he takes to anger those he seeks business with is astounding.
Rental car companies are fully within their rights to decline their cars to people who don't purchase their proffered insurance and refuse to demonstrate that they have their own insurance. They understandably hate when police arrest their renters and impound their cars.
But of course this "Kevin Lewis" character never misses an opportunity to cause upset.
To everyone else: carry proof of insurance, it's the law. And if you're asked for it, show it and smile!
Rental car agency employees cannot enforce motor vehicle laws
Duh.
Originally posted by: Dan Svatass
As in another thread, the self-harming steps this "Kevin Lewis" character in these threads says he takes to anger those he seeks business with is astounding.
Rental car companies are fully within their rights to decline their cars to people who don't purchase their proffered insurance and refuse to demonstrate that they have their own insurance. They understandably hate when police arrest their renters and impound their cars.
But of course this "Kevin Lewis" character never misses an opportunity to cause upset.
To everyone else: carry proof of insurance, it's the law. And if you're asked for it, show it and smile!
The police will NEVER impound a rental car if the driver proves not to have liability insurance. They may require the driver to park the vehicle and not drive it any further.
The agency doesn't have the right to enforce motor vehicle law. That's why we have po-lice. You'd think MAGA would know that.
Dan S and AKQJ10 are violating the rules of these forums by stalking me and posting personal insults. True MAGAs!
Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
The police will NEVER impound a rental car if the driver proves not to have liability insurance. They may require the driver to park the vehicle and not drive it any further.
The agency doesn't have the right to enforce motor vehicle law. That's why we have po-lice. You'd think MAGA would know that.
Dan S and AKQJ10 are violating the rules of these forums by stalking me and posting personal insults. True MAGAs!
Literally wrong about everything.
Yes, but they can make up their own BS fines. I do remember back in 2001 there was an article on msnbc about Acme fining a guy for speeding since they had added the fine into their contract. The only reference I could find for this was on flyertalk https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milesbuzz/4481-car-rental-co-charges-us-speeding.html . archive.org didn't have the original page available unfortunately.
I'm guessing that this publicity didn't 'fly' with the negative press the rental company got from it and they aren't doing it any longer.
But it remains, they are renting the vehicle and you sign on to their terms. I hear Budget is doing AI scans of returned cars in some locations to give you a giant fee if you didn't notice a tiny ding on a door when you picked it up. I would guess they are charging for the same 'damage' repeatedly.
Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya
Yes, but they can make up their own BS fines. I do remember back in 2001 there was an article on msnbc about Acme fining a guy for speeding since they had added the fine into their contract. The only reference I could find for this was on flyertalk https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milesbuzz/4481-car-rental-co-charges-us-speeding.html . archive.org didn't have the original page available unfortunately.
I'm guessing that this publicity didn't 'fly' with the negative press the rental company got from it and they aren't doing it any longer.
But it remains, they are renting the vehicle and you sign on to their terms. I hear Budget is doing AI scans of returned cars in some locations to give you a giant fee if you didn't notice a tiny ding on a door when you picked it up. I would guess they are charging for the same 'damage' repeatedly.
That's nothing new as such; I've had rental company employees do the same thing with lower tech many times in the past. My defense is to drag an employee over to where my rental is parked and have them do a complete inspection and sign the car off. I keep a copy. If they won't do that, I won't rent the car.
