If one wanted to rent a rental car, is it legal for the company to make the client have more insurance if they are under 25, or is that age discrimination? (Is there any federal, state, or local law that you could refer me to?)
2007-06-04 04:13:32 · 7 answers · asked by woodsman cobra 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
this has been going on for years. Yes it IS legal. there is no way around it. Most car rental companies don't rent to people younger than 25 because insurance claims are through the roof regarding accidents. Why would you loan a car to someone who is prone to accidents. That is something I totally agree with. If they did rent to the younger ones..instead of rentals being $20-25 a day..it would be $100-150 a day..what do you prefer?
2007-06-04 04:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as rental cars, insurance rates change at age 23 typically.
If you are simply aggrivated that someone is asking for younger drivers to be adequately insured given the higher statistics of accidents, I can understand it, but being an old bat who sees the errors younger drivers make, I'd like you to have more insurance too!
From a liability standpoint it may be wise for a company to attempt to place age limitations on their product.
Wheter or not their vendors will adhere to that policy is up for debate depending on profitabiity.
2007-06-04 04:20:47 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Oddly enough it isnt illegal for a car rental company to deny people under 25 (some have age limit of under 23).
2007-06-04 05:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Educated 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, not all discrimination is illegal. At this point "age discrimination" may be the basis of a claim only when you're denied some right because you're over 40 years old.
2007-06-04 05:04:44 · answer #4 · answered by Nuff Sed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell ya what----you go BUY 6-20 BRAND NEW CARS, then you start your OWN car rental agency-----are you going to rent one of YOUR brand NEW CARS to a person with an UNPROVEN DRIVING RECORD who is maybe 16-20 years old??? Think about that now and THINK about how many REALLY TRULY CAREFUL drivers are out there of that age---and then THINK AGAIN how they are YOUR BRAND NEW CARS..... want a little more assurance that they are SAFE DRIVERS??? I BET YOU WOULD!!!!!
2007-06-04 04:18:49 · answer #5 · answered by LittleBarb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
definite, it happens each and all the time. whilst a producer has extra potential, the plant supervisor ought to approach yet another business enterprise and furnish to fabricate the comparable product with a distinctive label.
2016-10-09 10:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is perfectly legal. There is no federal statute that makes it illegal. Also, plenty of case law affirms it.
2007-06-04 04:48:06 · answer #7 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋