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In New York City, Unlicensed Drivers Are Responsible For One-Quarter Of Street Fatalities (nyc.streetsblog.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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In New York, as in the rest of the US, you don't actually need a driver's license to purchase a car!! 🤦

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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I kind of get this. It's not the job of the dealer to check you legally have a licence. However I would have thought that registration would require a licence and the car can't leave the lot without registration.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Licensing (and registration) is not about owning a car, it's about operating a car on public roads. Theoretically, you could buy a car simply for taking to the racetrack or offroad, and you wouldn't need a license/insurance/registration.

    (Though racetracks probably require licenses, and public land off-roading has its own rules, too).

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