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Rental car safety bill progresses in honor of Santa Cruz sisters – 8/1/13
WASHINGTON — A Senate bill with roots in Santa Cruz took a step closer to adoption this week, and its advocates hope it will improve rental car safety.
Santa Cruz’s Raechel and Jacqueline Houck, 24 and 20, were killed while driving a recalled Chrysler PT Cruiser rented from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Capitola in 2004. The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013 would prevent rental car companies from renting or selling cars or trucks that have safety recalls.
Guide Revisions Provoke Uproar – 4/5/13
Proposed changes to the used-car Buyers Guide required by the Federal Trade Commission have been criticized by consumer groups and the attorneys general of 22 states, who say the revisions would be a setback in consumer protection.
The critics are urging the F.T.C. not to adopt the changes — the first since 1995 — which they say could result in consumers’ being misled about their legal rights or not learning the full history of a car damaged in a flood or a crash.
FTC Used Car Rule
Ending the Practice of Renting Vehicles Under Safety Recall
Santa Barbara- A bill making its way through Congress would ban rental car companies from renting or selling unsafe recalled vehicles.
CAS Comment on FTC Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Rule Review
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