[blindlaw] Help with car rentals

[Dennis Clark]

I am surprised by the problem he is having, because I frequently rent cars 
with sighted drivers, and this has never been an issue. As Russell said in 
his earlier post, it is important to present the situation clearly to the 
employee to prevent this problem from arising. "Hi, My friend and I are 
renting a car. Of course he will be driving, but I want to pay for the 
rental on my credit card." What was not mentioned that I am curious about, 
is what is the age of the blind person's daughter. I think it is still the 
case that one must be 25 to rent a car, and if she is younger than that, 
this may be at the core of the problem.
All the best,
Dennis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Manners via blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
To: "Scott Greenblatt" <sgreenblatt76 at gmail.com>; "Blind Law Mailing List" 
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Help with car rentals


>I think our point might be that it's not actionable if the car company 
>doesn't actually have a policy of not renting to blind people. These 
>employs are just incorrect.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 19, 2014, at 9:58 PM, Scott Greenblatt via blindlaw 
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for explaining how to get around this problem that this 
>> gentleman is having here in New York but I believe he's interested in 
>> filing a complaint and wants to know under what case law or statute he 
>> has the right to rent a car as a visually impaired person. If someone 
>> could please identify what controlling laws govern this issue I would be 
>> most appreciative. I am trying to help a local attorney, and make a good 
>> impression on him, so that we can work together in the future.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>   Scott Greenblatt
>> sgreenblatt76 at gmail.com
>>
>>> On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:12 PM, "Rod Alcidonis, Esquire" 
>>> <Attorney at alcidonislaw.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Most car rental companies have a specific department for booking rentals 
>>> for individuals with disability. I have booked multiple cars under my 
>>> name with a driver accompanying me at the time of pickup. When you call 
>>> the number, you need to ask for that department, or Google the name of 
>>> the company with disability rental in the search.
>>>
>>> Rod
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Scott Greenblatt via blindlaw
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:05 PM
>>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [blindlaw] Help with car rentals
>>>
>>> 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
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