A tourist has managed to get a refund on a rental car hire after she crashed five minutes after leaving the hire depot while driving on the wrong side of the road. She has successfully used a clause in the fine print of the hire contract after the rental firm terminated it and declined to provide a replacement vehicle, out of concern for the safety of other road users. The tourist had only just arrived in New Zealand when in July last year she picked up the rental car on a 20-day hire for $1481 in advance, at $68.
09 a day, which included a zero insurance excess. She was seen driving on a roundabout on the wrong side of the road and soon hit a row of parked cars..
