Rental Cars in Greece - Law School Exam Question

Renting cars in Greece, assuming it isn't from an international company like Hertz or Avis, can be a real relaxed situation.

First, they almost never require an international drivers license.

Second, the contracts are quite short and simple.

But beware, what constitutes a day is a tricky area. A few quoted a cost for a day, but then had the day being the current business day, not 24 hours. After threatening to walk, they backed down.

The most lax rental was in Leros. I wanted to rent a car, but had no ID. I thought that they might fill out the forms and then drive me over the the boat in the marina for the papers and credit card. The only person there was an old man. We wouldn't drive me over. But my niece, Meryl, had some ID, so he was willing to rent to her. The old man then proceeded to look for the rental contract form in the mess of the office and could not find it. Finally, he just wrote her name and her drivers license number in the daily calendar and had her sign the page. I went ahead and signed the page as well, so that I could technically be a driver of the car.

Query for a law school exam: What were the terms of the contract? Who had risk of loss for the car? What was my liability, should there be a wreck, from my signing of the calendar page? Did the car rental agency have insurance coverage under their policy with this shoddy documentation? Luckily the car was returned without incident.