Border Patrol warns of new smuggling trend involving peer-to-peer car rentals

Peer-to-peer car rental services are being taken advantage of by criminals. Border Patrol says criminals are getting a hold of the vehicles and using them for drug and human smuggling.

[ramblinralph]

Rent your car to a stranger - absolutely brilliant.

[bcgambit]

How delusional do you have to be to think you can trust strangers in this world today?

[Lp-bmtc]

Why would anybody do this? Here take my vehicle use it for a drive-by or maybe even a robbery. That's real smart.

[usaisnojoke]

The money is NOT worth it. Sorry. This is a stupid idea.

I used to have 6 vehicles on Turo and was an All Star Host. After having 3 vehicles totaled in 2021, dealing with multiple felons, and all my vehicles being marked as narcotics vehicles by the Police, I sold and got out. Tons of drug use and drug activity from Turo, its a terrible platform now.

[Charlesbjtown]

There's absolutely no way I'd let someone use my car. I'm far too anal about my car. Most people eat/drop food, have kids (which are living breathing nightmares, for people who care about their cars).

[charleskennedy]

Letting a stranger drive away with your vehicles is just plain stupid .

[lannbme]

why would anyone trust a stranger.. geez

[lordkreigs]

I won’t even use my personal vehicle as an Uber much less let a total stranger take it without adult supervision

[renettawilliams]

This is a BAD IDEA.PEOPLE NEED TO STOP WANTING MONEY SO BAD THEY WILL DO A STUPID THING AS THIS.WHY RENT YOUR PERSONAL CARS.VERY BAD IDEA.

[Northrop-Grumman]

Renting out your personal car is like renting out your wife

[jesseserna]

It's the owners fault don't rent your car out

[future_world_]

Car rental companies don’t do background checks 🤣

[vincejamison]

I'm glad I heard this.
I have seen those ads to rent your personal car.

[marcelcovaci]

It’s amazing how these guys come up with new methods for trafficking.

[oqlapsldim]

I have a hard time letting people I know drive my car when I'm in it! Let alone renting it out to completely random strangers.

[jroscak]

I knew when that app came out some people were gonna mess it up for others.

[elchamber]

I wouldn’t even let my brother use my car. These people are naive to let strangers use their vehicle

[OneMeanArtist]

What a stupid service. You're a fool if you trust your car to a total stranger.

[rpgvag]

Lol I would have to be extremely desperate to even think about renting my car to strangers