A new bill that would keep the car rental companies rent vehicles have been recalled due to security risks, the introduction of the U.S. House of Representatives today.
2012 Raechel and Jacqueline Hawk Security Car Rental France, companies will recall cars leased to them after the death of two girls named in their fleet of ground vehicles, the company is based on security needs to remember that until they are repair.
"If the rental car has issued a recall notice, should take the car off the road, until it is fixed - is that simple, said:" Loewe Szymborska Phillips, D-California Congressman, Bill co- one of the sponsors. "Through this bill will protect public safety, to ensure that what happened to Raechel and Jacquie Hawke will not happen again."
Mei-yun, Raechel and Jacquie Hawke's mother, Hawke, began to promote change in the law, her two daughters, aged 24 and 20, killed in 2004, when they leased from the enterprise Chrysler PT stroll apparently steering fluid started to leak and caught fire before the collapse of the oncoming semi-tractor.
ABC News investigative reporting in 2010, car under a safety recall has the potential fire hazard, but still leased to the sisters.
Watch Hawke sisters ABC News reported.
Hawker family business litigation, After a long legal struggle, the company admitted negligence and are required to pay compensation of $ 150,000.
ABC News reported, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation to see how fast the car rental companies maintain their vehicles have been recalled.
In February of this year, Hawke began a petition requirements of the enterprise, the country's largest car rental company, to abandon its opposition to an earlier version of the bill in the Senate last year, introduced by Senator the Change.org Barbara Boxer D - California and Schumer , four in New York.
Petition signatures, more than 10 million within a few days, the enterprise has changed its position and announced that it will support the law.
But last month, Senator Boxer, from Hawke to join, announced that the four car rental companies have refused to sign a commitment, commitment to safety recall, do not rent or sell the car until these cars are fixed.
Boxer said Hertz has agreed commitments, enterprise, Avis and the dollar thrifty, but did not. "I think the United States, the family said: your needs, all of these companies to sign this simple promise ... to tell your family, Hertz is the only one to sign this pledge."
Where, Hawke said that the law is necessary because "we can not rely on the industry, doing the right thing."
The three companies refused to sign the commitment remains that they support federal legislation to ensure the safety of the rental car, but they believe that any legislation should also include other business, the transport of passengers, such as limousine and taxi companies.
Behalf of the enterprise, Avis and Dollar Thrifty response to Boxer's press conference said that their company's address safety recalls in a timely manner. Corporate spokesman categorically said that the company "does not rent vehicles to recall any not yet been repaired." Avis spokesman said the company "will not rent car" recall ", and the dollar thrifty released June 5 wrote a letter to Boxer declared in the company, Dollar Thrifty has an excellent safety record ... particularly timely repair of safety recalls. "
Senator Boxer's aide told ABC News, Boxer and Senator Schumer is "finishing touches" on a new House of Representatives, the Senate version of the bill.



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