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Rent a car. EU countries dont even treat each other equally. Stones in glass houses ? Territorial restrictions The vehicle selection can restrict travel to ce
by geggam 8y ago
Rent a car. EU countries dont even treat each other equally.
Stones in glass houses ?
Territorial restrictions
The vehicle selection can restrict travel to certain countries. For a description of these restrictions on admission, the countries are divided into three zones.
Zone 1: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Vatican
Zone 2: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
Zone 3: All countries which are not in zone 1 or 2.
Jaguar, Maserati, Land Rover and Porsche cars as well as all luxury cars may enter only in Zone 1 countries. Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen cars up to group L are allowed to enter only in Zone 1 countries as well as Poland and the Czech Republic, while X* cars are only allowed to enter in Zone 1 countries. Vehicles of all other brands may enter only in the zones 1 and 2.
Trucks, vans, people carriers and minibuses of all brands may only be driven in zones 1 and 2.
Entry into any country in zone 3 is not permitted.
In case of offence against cross border and territorial restrictions all insurances lose their validity.
- guitarbill 8y agoSounds like this is a rental car/insurance issue, i.e. private corporation, not a free movement issue. Whether it's just or not is a different question, which would derail the thread.
- massivecali 8y agoIt's not unlike renting a car in San Diego and not being allowed to take it into Mexico. The risk of theft is higher than the wish to deal with and the reality of successful prosecution/recovery is incredibly low. Rent a car in Germany and you are specifically told what countries you can't visit without higher rates or lower class of car.
- tomstoms 8y agoI’ve rented a car in Montreal on several occasions in early 2000s and my contract explicitly forbid me to enter the Bronx and Queens boroughs of New York City.
- geggam 8y agoYet it is all of the EU we are discussing. Either each country is treated differently or it isnt. No flip flopping
- geggam 8y agoPoint being it is obvious there are different regions having issues in the EU. The car rental places dont want you to take their nice cars to countries that have a higher rate of car theft. Pretending all of the EU is equal is silly.