[Blindtlk] owning a vehicle

[David Evans]

Dear All,

This has to do with changes in Homeland Security, to make it harder for 
terrist to buy vehicles, such as trucks or vans, to fill with explosives and 
things.
We have seen changes in the regulations for getting State I.D. cards and 
Driver's Licenses too.
You have to bring birth certificates, passports, proof of residencies and 
other things to get a new I.D. card and you need them to fly on a plane.
For decades, In Japan, you have had to show a deed to a piece of property, 8 
feet by 25 feet in which to park your car, before you were allowed to buy 
one and drive off the lot.
Only about 19% of the People in Japan even own a car or drive because it is 
very expensive to own or operate one there.
Gas is over $4.50 a liter.  That is just a quart, not a gallon.
You have to pay a toll every few miles every where you go and parking is 
very expensive.
That is why Public Transportation is so good there and everyone uses it.
Traffic laws and those that cover ownership of cars, is mostly governed by 
the States.  There are few federal laws except for the safety regulations 
that cars must meet here in the States.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
Former driver and multiple car owner.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] owning a vehicle


> If true, we should modify the law.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Julie J.
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 2:28 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> 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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