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.
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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gustofwind@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 225d
Simple just make it illegal to drive without a license /s
tazeycrazy@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 224d
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.
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
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).