In recent times, valet services have also become relatively well-known in our nation. So, we’ve to give spotlight to this issue where several restaurants, banquet facilities, shopping centers, and movie theatres offer their valet parking services to visitors. Nevertheless, there is numerous instances in which either the automobile sustained damage.
At the same time, parking due to the valet’s incompetence or personal items vanished from the cars entrusted to the valet. For example, in this case, the owner of the car from Karachi claimed after he handed over his car to the valet, the tires of wheels had been replaced with some Chinese-brand wheels tires. He saw these two days after it happened, and the valet never admitted wrongdoing.
Furthermore, guy reported that when the vehicle was handed to him, the items in the glove compartment and the USB plugged into the player were stolen.
Young drivers can harm or operate manual cars improperly, unreliable parking enforcement can result in legal problems, and there have been reports of workers abusing their driving powers by going on motorbike excursions or robbing customers.
It is a question of enormous responsibility because the valet mishandles cars that today cost several million dollars, and it would be pretty difficult for them to be liable for their irresponsibility.
Unfortunately, no laws exist to safeguard customers’ valuable possessions in this situation because valet services and paid parking lots frequently waive culpability for theft or damage when a car is abandoned after being parked.
Therefore, I urge you to take the necessary action or develop relevant rules and regulations regarding valet parking.
Written by Shayan Khowaja, a student of Media Science in SZABIST.