RENTAL AUTO WAS PARKED FACE OUT IN HOTEL PARKING LOT. DRIVER STARTED AUTO, DRIVER AND PASSENGER PUT ON SEAT BELTS; WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, DRIVER SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED A A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (TIRES SMOKING) ACROSS PARKING LOT DRIVEWAY AND CRASHED INTO TWO PARKED CARS IN OPPOSITE PARKING SPACES. BOTH PARKED CARS WERE DRIVEN BACK APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 FEET, ONE OF THE AUTOS WENT THROUGH HEDGES AND CRASHED INTO A CAR PARKED AT THE STREET. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STOP CAR, AND FINALLY TURNED OFF IGNITION AFTER COLLISION. WITNESS TO POLICE REPORT STATED THAT HEARD TIRES SCREECHING AND TIRES WERE STILL SMOKING AFTER AUTOS COLLIDED. CAR WAS TOWED TO HERTZ LOT. HAVE NOT GOTTEN REPORT OF CAUSE FROM HERTZ. THE ENTIRE EVENT FROM PLACING THE CAR IN DRIVE UNTIL IT STRUCK THE PARKED CARS TOOK ABOUT 2 SECONDS (THE AUTO TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET TO IMPACT).*AK