Insufficient car due to flooding Inquiries to rental car stores Tochigi October 21 14:06
In the flooded area of Tochigi Prefecture, many cars can no longer be used due to water, and there are a number of inquiries from insurance companies that arrange for replacement cars and residents who want to use cars for cleaning up in the rental car store. is.
In Tochigi, the Nagano River, which flows through the city due to heavy rain due to Typhoon No. 19, flooded, and in addition to many houses, cars were also damaged by water.
So far, about 500 inquiries have been received at the car rental store in Tochigi City, and the number of employees has been increased by a factor of two on the 21st. About half of the 40 cars we own have been submerged in water, so we rented a car from another store that suffered less damage. The end of the month.
Daisuke Kubo, Toyota Rent A Car Tochigi, said, “The damage is worse than the heavy rains in Kanto and Tohoku four years ago. I want to respond to the victims so that they can lend as many cars as possible. "
Tochigi, unable to keep up with dealer repairs
A car sales company in Tochigi City has received many requests for repairs and inspections of cars that have been flooded by typhoons, and the parking lot was filled with more than 50 cars.
It is expected that it will take more than two weeks for repairs, which usually take about one to two days, to go around the customers who have been contacted and take over the car one after another, but not all of them can handle it.
Residents “Life has changed”
Mr. Yoshio Sato (78) in Isobe-cho, Tochigi City, dipped his home up to about 50 cm above the floor, and the passenger car he had stopped at a nearby evacuation shelter also got stuck.
The sales company that requested repair about a week ago finally picked up the car with a tow truck on the 20th, but there is a shortage of substitute cars, and it is impossible to prepare. Since it takes at least a week to check the car, Mr. Sato is forced to live inconveniently because he cannot go free shopping from his daughter's house.
Mr. Sato said, “Since it is a natural disaster, I think it can't be helped, but I couldn't live in a house, and I couldn't use a car that was indispensable for my life. I was there.