How long you may use the Rental Vehicle for Total Loss.
On the other hand, if your vehicle is a "total loss", then check
with the insurance company you are dealing with for the rental period
that it will agree to pay for (while you are out shopping for another
vehicle). If your vehicle is a total loss (will not be repaired), the
auto insurance company on the other side will usually agree to pay for
about five days of vehicle rental. At the end of that rental period
however long it is, you will be forced to return the rental vehicle to
the rental vehicle agency no matter what (even if you have not received
a check for your own vehicle that was destroyed in the accident by
then, even if you have not gone out and bought another vehicle by then,
even if you still owe money on the vehicle that was destroyed in the
accident, and even though the accident was not your fault). So, if
your vehicle was a "total loss" (sale) then during the few days while
you have use of the rental vehicle, you must go out and buy another
vehicle no matter what. Your failure to buy another vehicle during the
first few days that you have use of a rental vehicle (no matter what
the reasons) will NOT result in you being able to
continue driving the rental vehicle at the expense of the insurance
company thereafter, no matter what (even though the other side was at
fault, even if the other driver was drunk).
For more information about Rental Vehicle Accidents in Orlando contact Hanson &
Hanson, P.A. today at 1-800-426-7662 to schedule your free initial
consultation. More information about Orlando Auto Accidents can be
found in the practice areas section of our website.
