Surveys shed light on unusual habits of drivers who return cars with zero mileage on clock

Car rental companies in Japan have figured out why some customers are returning their vehicles with barely a mile on the clock.

Rather than travel from from A to B, as many as one in eight “drivers” are using their rental cars to grab forty winks, catch up on work or even brush up their language skills, according to industry surveys.

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