{"id":10340,"date":"2017-11-08T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=10340"},"modified":"2017-11-08T15:56:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:56:28","slug":"cardiff-based-pronto-hire-adds-protection-with-dashcams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/10340","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff-based Pronto Hire adds protection with dashcams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Copyright: Pronto Vehicle Rentals \/ twitter.com\/pronto_hire<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the biggest fears most customers have when hiring a car or van is that they will be stung with extra charges when they return the vehicle. It’s not unknown for rental firms to claim damage which a customer disputes.<\/p>\n

In fairness, the blame can be on both sides. What’s needed is a solution that everyone can trust. This avoids disputes and helps cut costs and provide a speedy resolution in the event of a collision.<\/p>\n

Solving the problem<\/h2>\n

The best way to solve an argument about a vehicle’s condition is often with a photo.<\/p>\n

That’s why Cardiff-based Pronto Vehicle Rentals<\/a> has recently invested in a number of systems aimed at providing photographic evidence that can be used to keep track of a vehicle’s condition and of any incidents in which it’s involved.<\/p>\n

The firm’s three-pronged approach<\/a> starts when a team member uses their tablet to take photos of all existing damage when checking out vehicles with a customer.<\/p>\n

The second stage is that the firm’s yard is covered by high-definition CCTV cameras. These provide a video record of the vehicle’s appearance as it’s driven in and out, from several angles.<\/p>\n

But the biggest change is that many of the firm’s cars, vans and motorhomes are now fitted with dashcams (dashboard cameras).<\/p>\n

Managing Director Naunton Dickins says that these\u00a0“protect both the business and the customer, they prove to be a saving grace in the event of a bump”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The use of dashcams is certainly growing. I’d recommend one to anyone who does a lot of driving or who regularly drives in urban areas and on busy routes. By providing evidence of what happened in a collision, they can reduce or avoid costly insurance claims and provide valuable protection from fraud, such as ‘crash for cash’ frauds.<\/p>\n

The Honest John website has a great starter guide to dashcams here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cardiff-based Pronto Vehicle Rentals is championing the use of dashcams in hire vehicles to provide protection for both customer and business in the event of a collision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[1754,2107,1678],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10344,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10340\/revisions\/10344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}