Schumer works on improving rental car safety

According to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., car rental companies across the state are allowed to rent out recalled vehicles, and he is pushing for legislation to close this rental-car loophole.“It is an unfortunate fact of automotive life that cars are sometimes found to have life-threatening flaws,” he said. “We have all heard frightening stories of faulty breaks, flammable gas tanks, sticky accelerators and even exploding airbags that shower passengers with shards of metal.”Such

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