BALTIMORE — When renting a car, Jessica Bell knew to check for scratches and dents, but she didn’t think she’d need to check the expiration dates on the license plate.
“It was back in November of last year, I believe,” said Bell who rented a car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car to pick up her cousin in West Virginia.
While driving through Frederick, a police officer pulled her over.
“The cop had informed me that the tags on the car were expired, and I let him know it was a rental and I was like, I had no idea, I’m sorry it’s a rental and he said, he still had to give me a ticket because I’m the one driving the vehicle,” Bell said.
The next morning, Bell called the Enterprise location in Essex and spoke with a manager.
“He said, ‘Oh, don’t worry about it, drop the keys and the ticket in the drop box together when you leave the car back. We’ll take care of it, don’t worry about it.’ So, I did exactly that and figured they’re a business, they’ll take care of it, they’re not going to, you know, ignore this, so I went about my business and a couple months later, I got something in the mail saying my license is going to be suspended if this ticket doesn’t get paid. I’m like the only ticket I’ve gotten is that rental, what’re they talking about?” Bell recalled.
She needs to sue Enterprise real good. That never should have cost her one cent of her own money,
You forgot, this happened in Maryland. Pay the fine and move on.
I’m former LE, and have rented many cars in the past, and never thought to look at the expiration date of the tags. Just my opinion, but the cop that issued the ticket must be a real ass.
The local Enterprise car rental office here on Salisbury Blvd tried to make my insurance company pay for a car I rented that was perfectly fine when I turned it in (you know how they go over that checklist when a car is returned??? Mine was perfect….)
About two months after I turned that car in, Enterprise sent my insurance company pictures of that car and it looked like it had been through a hurricane, with dents and damaged fenders, and gashes in the body.
My insurance agent called me and asked, “Did you do that to this car?”. I said no, and they must have the sheet that I signed, along with the agent’s signature, that shows I turned that car back to them in perfect condition.
Never heard another thing about it.
Watch that company. THAT is sleazy to the N’th degree and probably criminal in some way…..