their own insurance provider to determine if the insurance coverage on their personal
automobile extends to a rental car before making any decisions about any optional products to
purchase.
Examples of optional insurance products include:
-Collision Damage Waiver — covers the cost of damages to the rental car if the vehicle is
involved in an accident.
-Personal Accident Insurance — covers medical and ambulance bills for the rental car
driver and passengers.
-Supplemental Liability Protection — covers the cost of damages to a third party.
-Personal Effects Protection — covers personal items in the rental car.
12. Anyone who is driving a vehicle with more than 12 passengers must possess a valid commercial
driver’s license (CDL).
13. Commercial vehicles without seats, such as flatbed or panel trucks, must never be used to carry
passengers.
14. Girl Scouts Western PA follows the Pennsylvania State guidelines for safety belt requirements.
Pennsylvania’s Safety Belt Law requires all drivers to securely restrain children 8 years of age or
older but under 18 years of age in a seat belt system.
All drivers transporting children four (4) years of age or older but under eight (8) years of
age are responsible to securely restrain those children in a seat belt system and an
appropriately fitting child booster seat.
All children 12 and under must be in the back seat.
Securely restrain children eight (8) years of age or older but under 18 years of age in a seat
belt system.
15. All drivers in all vehicles must wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt system. (Seat belts
are the law.)
16. 15 passenger vans are NOT permitted under any circumstances.