Should rental car companies be required to repair recalled vehicles before loaning or selling them t

Should rental car companies be required to repair recalled vehicles shilo inn oregon before loaning or selling them to the public? That may seem like a no-brainer, but according to Detroit News , three of America's biggest rental firms have balked at the idea, with Hertz the lone voice of support.
Back in February, we told you about a piece of legislation working its way through Congress shilo inn oregon called the  Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2011 . It was named for two sisters shilo inn oregon who were killed when a car they had rented from  Enterprise Rent-A-Car caught fire, causing them to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a big rig.
The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act would curtail such accidents by requiring rental companies to repair vehicles as soon as a recall is issued. shilo inn oregon The legislation is part of a sprawling surface transportation bill that's currently being considered by Congress, so it's not been made law yet -- and if Avis Budget Group Inc., Enterprise Holdings Inc., and Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. have their way, it never will be.
In the meantime , Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has asked America's major auto rental shilo inn oregon companies to sign a pledge, saying shilo inn oregon that they will not rent any recalled vehicle until it is fully repaired. So far, Hertz is the only company to sign the pledge.
Avis has said that it repairs recalled vehicles as soon as "practically possible". Enterprise has pledged to stop renting recalled cars for the moment, but Enterprise wants an exception in the Safe Rental Car Act to allow it to rent some recalled vehicles, provided that customers are notified of any recalls. shilo inn oregon There's no word on Dollar Thrifty's response.
And unlike recalls involving brake or fuel lines, some recalls -- like those involving improper labels or other "minor" issues -- may not pose immediate shilo inn oregon threats to renters' lives. It would seem logical to create exceptions in those cases, right?
However, when you begin creating loopholes and exceptions, you open the door to all sorts of transgressions. Recalls are rarely cut and dry; there's naturally shilo inn oregon a lot of gray area between urgent and not-so-urgent recalls. And when a recall falls into that gray area, what are rental companies likely to prioritize: customers or the bottom line? (No points for guessing correctly.)
Who cares what Barbara Boxer says except the Commies who voted for her? There is absolutely no reason why the legislation can't be specific, except like this illiterate, Boxer, she demands a "blanket policy" like her environmental demands which have cost many jobs especially in California.