[blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

People seem not to know what to do with situations they haven't encountered 
before.  It's like they can't thi

Jo Elizabeth

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
the hunters.--African Proverb

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:26 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles

> You probably ought to ask a lawyer about that.  I know there are blind 
> people who have owned cars, though.  I don't know how they did it. 
> They've got to be pretty stupid if they don't know you won't drive it.
> Barbara
>
> A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to 
> hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 4:28 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles
>
>> Sorry for the off topic post, but you all are a great resource, and I was 
>> hoping someone could answer a question about car titles for me.  If you 
>> want to take this off list, that's fine, please write to me at 
>> jopinto at pcdesk.net.  Thanks.
>>
>> The situation is that I would like to buy a used car for Gerald's 
>> eighteen-year-old daughter to drive, and have her make payments to me 
>> till I get my money back and then the car is hers.  We found a safe, 
>> reliable, practical used car, which wasn't an easy thing to do.  The 
>> problem is, to get the car title in my name, I need registration.  To get 
>> registration, I need proof of insurance.  And to get proof of insurance, 
>> I need a valid driver's license, which I can't get, for obvious reasons. 
>> Is there any way around the problem besides putting the car in Gerald's 
>> name?  I can do that if I have to, but I'm thinking there has to be some 
>> way of working it out.  It's just like owning any other property, I would 
>> guess, except that I wouldn't actually get behind the wheel.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
>> the hunters.--African Proverb
>> _______________________________________________
>> blparent mailing list
>> blparent at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>> blparent:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.com
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> blparent mailing list
> blparent at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> blparent:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blparent_nfbnet.org/jopinto%40pcdesk.net
>