Friday, 16 November 2012

Before hiring a car know your rights and responsibilities


Luxury cars like Bentley, Rolls Royce Phantom and Mercedes add a glamour quotient to an event. When you hire a car for a special occasion, you have some rights and responsibilities that you should be aware of. As these cars are highly expensive, a small damage to them can make you pay dollars for its repair. So while driving a hired car or using it as a chauffeured transport medium, you should be cautious about some important facts regarding your roles and responsibilities.

 Many people white Rolls Royce Phantom hire for occasions like weddings, retirements, corporate events, etc. If you are driving the hired vehicle yourself, make sure you possess the required type of license for it. Even if a chauffeur is driving the vehicle, it is your responsibility to ask him whether he has the license or not. Make sure from the car hire company that the car has a valid insurance cover and ensure that when you are sitting at the back seat, the driver has the insurance papers with him. The registration papers are also very important to be possessed by the driver when he is on the road. 

Whenever you contact a car hire company for hiring a vehicle, you should read all the rental agreement papers carefully. These papers will surely discuss your liability in case of an accident causing damage to the car or an injury to the hired driver. Also the document will notify about the restrictions on the use of the car if any. Before taking over the custody of the vehicle, you should be well aware of these things. If you find anything ambiguous in the document, make it clear with the car hire company owner. Some car hire companies may also offer additional insurance covers to you in case of leasing extravagant vehicle like when you hire white Rolls Royce Phantom. Before taking these extra covers, make yourself acquainted with the present car insurance conditions. If the existing insurance covers you or the driver of the rented car, there is no need to purchase additional liability insurance for the car.
                                                                                               Even if you are aware of these regulations in your rental agreement, you should inform your car rental company right away in case you meet with an accident, so that they can provide you the initial help on human grounds or suggest you the right thing to do at such a time. For safety reasons, you should ask if there is any other key to the vehicle. If there is, keep one of the keys with you and handover the other to a trusted person so that you can get the desired help in case you lock yourself in the car or forget the keys inside the vehicle. 

As you have hired the car for the specified period of time, you have some rights like you can decide the route you want to follow to your destination and add up other services to the car. But it is your duty to discuss with the car hire company about the cost you have to pay for these services.

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