[blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Right.  Additionally, what I found out is that I had to write a letter to 
the insurance company stating that I realized that I was not covered, nor 
was anything that happened while I was driving the car.

Jo Elizabeth

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

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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC Inc)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:21 AM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles

> Okay guys, here's what I know about buying a car.
> 1. A blind person can legally bar a car, same as any other transaction.
> All you need is money.
> 2. You do need insurance and you need a driver to put his/her name on
> the form, but it is not the driver that needs to be ensured, it is the
> car. Talk to insurance companies and find one that will do this. Geiko
> will, my aunt's insurance company is another that will, and I'm sure
> there are others. You want the car insured for whoever drives, not an
> individual. But the blind person or whoever ponies up the money is the
> legal owner.
> Btw, it is illegal to deny you buying a car, so if someone tries, sue
> the pants off them
> Jo Elizabeth, I'd suggest in your case, buying the car, putting your
> boyfriend as the insured form and then making sure the car has insurance
> for everybody who drives it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Robert Shelton
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 3:23 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles
>
> I ran into this question a long time ago (mid 80's) and found no
> satisfactory answer.  If this discussion goes off-list, please include
> me --
> rshelton1 at gmail.com
>
> I think this is a pretty important blindness issue -- basic right of
> property ownership.
>
> Thanks and happy new year.
>
> --ROS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 4:28 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> 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
>
>
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