Bill Pittman wrote:
> In article <42b5528f$0$23640$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
> "A Mate" wrote:
>
> > The $110 extra is because your age-mates crash cars significantly more often
> > than other age groups!! The State of New York is presumably where you live -
> > they do NOT rent the cars out!!!
>
> Nope, he's making an absurd assumption. It's the car rental companies,
> not the states, that have decided to charge young people extra.
But rental car companies that rent in New York State often have
different policies than the same rental car companies in a different
state, due to state laws. New York State laws forbid rental car
companies from "age discrimination", and states that the rental car
companies MUST rent to those 18-24 years old. The rental companies
therefore take on a lot more risk, because they cant do what they do in
other states and just rent to 25 and up, or 21 and up with a reasonable
young renter fee. Therefore, they have to tack on a pretty hefty young
renters fee for all young renters, regardless of if you are 18-20 or
21-24. Additionally, they make you jump through hoops in order to rent
sometimes....like making you get pre-approved, you have to have
reservations x-number of days in advance (no walk-ups), etc. In
otherwords, New York stance on age discrimination for rental cars
pretty much screws the very people it was trying to help.
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