Damage & Accidents Facts
Below you will find:
Save thousands
Save thousands if the rental car is damaged
It's Easy to Reduce Your
Damage-Related Costs
With Bayswater Car Rental
According to NRMA Insurance, in the financial year 2004/2005, the average damage
cost of an accident in New South Wales was $2500.
With Bayswater Car Rental, with
our Standard Cover, the accidents you see below only cost our customer
$300*.
Our customer
changed lanes and hit a car in the blind spot. Charged $300 ONLY.
With just about any other car hire company, this accident would have cost all of
their normal damage charge of $2750.
Our
customer hit a low wall while parking. Only charged $300.
This customer
reversed into a post while parking. Charged only $300.
OOPS. This customer
accidently pushed the accelerator instead of the brake pedal. We liked the red tape,
but decided to go with a conventional repair. $300.
The customer changed
lanes and was struck by a car she failed to see in the other lane. Charged only
$300.
You may be a very safe driver and not expect something like this to happen to you.
These customers probably felt the same way. But weren’t they happy their little
surprise cost them so little in the end?
If you've already been to other car rental company sites, find out how much you will need
to pay if the hire car is damaged.
Here's the detail:
With the other companies' normal level of Damage Waiver Protection, most of these
accidents would cost you around $2750. Unless, of course you want to pay them as
much as $20-$30 PER DAY MORE for them to bring your damage cost down to something
reasonable like $300 - $450.
Imagine that - paying even more on top of the rates that are already higher than
Bayswater's - for the same level of protection that we give you with standard cover.
You may not like the sound of being up for the higher risk you have with other companies'
normal waiver reduction. But of course you may also be thinking that you're not
likely to have an accident. So, let's look at the facts and put them in perspective.
Savings in Black & White
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No Matter How Safe You Are
One of the most important factors you need to consider is this.
No matter how careful and safe you are, some other careless driver or
malicious passer-by may cause damage to your hire car. And you
may not be able to do anything to stop it. You may not even know about it until
after the fact.
You don't have to pay excessively for someone else's carelessness. With Bayswater
you can significantly limit your potential loss.
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What You Need to Do
If You Are Involved in an Accident
- Obtain details from the other party involved: name, address, telephone number, registration number and insurance company.
- Do not have the car repaired or towed without our permission. Telephone our office
or if after hours:
- Perth - ph: 08 9367 3039 or 0438 813 379
- Sydney - ph: 0430 183 100 or 0430 163 333
- Report to the Police and provide us with the Police Report No.
- Complete an accident report-form in our office forthwith
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