[blindlaw] Help with car rentals

[Scott Greenblatt]

I was wondering if anyone on this list knows the legality regarding car rental to persons with visual impairments. I'm in Westchester County New York and I heard of a gentleman who is vision impaired trying to rent a car for his cited daughter to drive. He was clear to both companies that he was not going to be driving the car himself but was going to get it purely for his daughter to drive them around. He was refused by both enterprise Rent-A-Car and Avis on two separate occasions. I am currently not working in New York and therefore have no access to legal research tools; I am hoping that someone could provide me with either case law or statute citations to the laws regarding car rental to persons with visual impairments. The gentleman was told by both car rental companies that it was against their policy to rent it to him due to his lack of sight. Thank you for any assistance with this matter.


Sincerely,
   Scott Greenblatt 
sgreenblatt76 at gmail.com