Car Rental Industry Working With Anti-Terrorist Police
Thursday, 31. May 2018
Sadly it seems nearly every week we see the results of another terrorist attack on the news resulting in horrendous injuries and death. In several instances, we have seen vans and cars ploughing into innocent pedestrians but where did the vehicles come from?
Read about a jewel robbery or a security van heist and invariably the vehicles used by the crooks were stolen. But if you think about it nearly every vehicle used in a terrorist attack, aimed at killing and maiming people, was a rental vehicle.
Which must call into question the checks carried out on those people hiring vehicles. It has led to the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) having high-level talks with anti-terrorist police.
As Gerry Keaney, CEO of the BVRLA said, he would never have expected to be involved in anti-terrorist talks this time last year – certainly a sign of these unsafe times. I guess if it is made difficult for terrorists to rent vans and cars for their terrorist attacks they will do what others do and steal cars – or is that not acceptable as part of their religion? By Graham Hill
We certainly live in some very confusing times!
