Mobile Tracking

New York State has just passed a law which makes it illegal for rental car companies to use GPS to track how fast and how far you drive your rental car. While many rental car companies offer GPS services (most often to give you driving directions), only one smaller company has been taken to court for abuse of it. This company billed its clients a hefty fee any time the driver exceeded the posted speed limit. There's more on this story in my book.

The bottom line is that as of last week, you won't have to pay any additional fine if you speed in a rental car in New York State...unless,that is, the State itself is asking for it.