[Blindtlk] owning a vehicle

[Sherri]

I'll be excited to learn about this as I have a son who will soon be 15. The 
last time I helped one of my teenage children get a car, i was married to 
someone who could drive, but that is not the case now. Please let us know. 
Thanks.

Sherri

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 3:27 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] owning a vehicle


> Heya all!
>
> I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about federal laws that have 
> changed in the past year or so regarding having to have a drivers license 
> to purchase a vehicle?
>
> I just bought a car for my son, who is not quite old enough to drive yet. 
> I've been looking for a car for him for a few months because the sort of 
> car we wanted is hard to come by and sells within a couple of days when 
> they are available.  I didn't want to pass up a good car at a good price 
> so I bought it a bit before he will actually be able to drive it.   Anyway 
> I was told that I cannot purchase a vehicle without a driver's license. 
> If I understood correctly I can have the title in my name only, but the 
> bill of sale requires a drivers license number or they can't sell you the 
> car.  This was claimed to be a federal law that went into effect January 
> of 2011.  My husband who has a drivers license was there and I used that 
> so I could purchase the car, but I'm still a bit irritated by the whole 
> thing.
>
> What do you all think?
> Julie
>
>
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