RJ, just drive on the left side of the road. earlier, RJ, wrote: > > >Dear Bob and all, > >I am very unhappy that this company won't rent >me one of their vehicles, after they ask me for >my driver licenses and all I could come up with >was my 5 foot 6 inch white cane, plus my state >ID card . I tried to explain, with a cane this >long, I could and would feel the curb without >problems, as long as the steering wheel was on >the right hand side. They refused to accommodate >my needs. Thinking of filing a ADA complaint. >RJ >----- Original Message ----- >From: clifford >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 19:55 >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Zip Car. > >Dear Dan: >I have never heard of this company, but I like >the idea. The next logical step is to equip >these vehicles, for a nominal fee of course, >with a driver with suitable credentials, and I >would be pleased to draw up those parameters. > >Yours Truly, > >Clifford Wilson >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dan Rossi >To: Blind Handyman List >Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:16 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Zip Car. > >This is pretty tangentially related to handyman stuff, but follow me here. >Many blind handymen don't own vehicles. Often we may not know someone who >does own a proper vehicle, something useful like a pickup truck. But we >do know sighted people who drive. > >Teresa and I have rented trucks in the past for hauling large items but it >looks like this Zip Car concept, www.zipcar.com, has some pretty good >benefits as well as being comparatively inexpensive. > >You pay a $50 annual fee. Then you can use any Zip Car anywhere in the >world, they are pretty much only in major cities, for a reasonable hourly >or daily rental fee. The rental fee includes gas, insurance, maintenance, >and milage. > >The cars are parked at various locations around a city, and there are maps >of where the various cars are located on the website. You can reserve >online anywhere from a few hours, to a year in advance. You have a >special ZIPCar card, with an RFID tag on it. The card will unlock only >the specific car you reserved at the time you reserved it. It won't >unlock it early, and it won't unlock a different car in another location. >The keys are in the car, and there is a gas card that you can use to fill >the tank. Don't ask me how they prevent you from using the gas card to >fill your car, I haven't seen that answer yet. > >Technically, milage isn't unlimited, but you get 180 free miles whether >you rent for an hour or a day. > >Vehicles rent for anywhere from 7 bucks an hour up to something in the >teens for high end vehicles. They have a couple of Toyota Tacoma pickup >trucks in Pittsburgh and those rent for about $11.50 an hour. Although, >there are PA and PGH taxes and fees that make it more like $16.50 for the >first hour, and $12.50 for each additional hour. There is a one hour >minimum rental period, but after the first hour you can rent by the half >hour. > >There are heavy penalties if you don't return the vehicle by the end of >your rental period. You can extend your period by phone, but if the car >has already been reserved right after your original period, you can't >extend. > >I've spoken with a guy at work who uses the system mainly for the pickup >truck as well. He says he never has an issue reserving the vehicle, >especially if he does it a few days in advance. > >Overall, it sounds like a very flexible and affordable way to get one's >hands on a vehicle from time to time. Less expensive than UHaul from my >experience. > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail: <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>d...@andrew.cmu.edu >Tel: (412) 268-9081 > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 >Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4829 (20100202) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 >Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4829 (20100202) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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