Kubota RTV and CAR Accident.

[kenstrac]

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To me it looks like your brother has been breaking the law right along You say he does not have a license but you need one to drive a Moped.
And since he was not using the RTV for AGRICULTURAL purpose he is S.O.L.
I think the best thing to do is drop it!

 

[Low Bucket]

Regardless of how it turns out, I comend him for actually trying to make it on his own. Too many out there would just use this as an excuse to sit at home and live on everyone else's money, i mean welfare

I agree with you 100%- Your brother is trying to work.- So many people would use this as an excuse to lay home and sign up on every check they could get.

Since most of the others believe your brother was breaking the law.-I wonder what they would do if they were in your brothers shoes and needed to work?

 

[kenstrac]

I agree with you 100%- Your brother is trying to work.- So many people would use this as an excuse to lay home and sign up on every check they could get.

Since most of the others believe your brother was breaking the law.-I wonder what they would do if they were in your brothers shoes and needed to work?

He spent $14k on a RTV he could have gotten corrective lenses a drivers license, insurance and a car.As far as size goes maybe a Smart Car for what he has in an illegal form of transportation now,or in the case of the Moped is legal but again NO license.
BTW does he have insurance on the Moped?

 

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He spent $14k on a RTV he could have gotten corrective lenses a drivers license, insurance and a car.As far as size goes maybe a Smart Car for what he has in an illegal form of transportation now,or in the case of the Moped is legal but again NO license.
BTW does he have insurance on the Moped?

Maybe his eye sight cannot be corrected. Somethings cannot be fixed with money.

 

[kenstrac]

Maybe his eye sight cannot be corrected. Somethings cannot be fixed with money.

If anything he is a safer driver than 90% of everyone else out there, due to his impairment he is overly cautious. No radios, or cell phones, or fast food. He CAN see well eonugh to even get a license, with special glasses to help see signs. But he didn't feel comfortable and felt he would be safer to everyone else going this route. But that is the only thing stopping him from getting a license, is the inability to read the smmall road signs, NOT because he cant see to "drive".

Am I missing something here? He has no license but the state of Ohio says you need one for a Moped.
He is using the RTV under rules and regulations for AG equipment and he flaunting that law,If they have more incidents like this the state might change the law and adopt more regulations and make it hard on farmers.

 

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Since most of the others believe your brother was breaking the law.-I wonder what they would do if they were in your brothers shoes and needed to work?

If I was risking others lives I'd find another way. This is kind of like saying it's okay for the drunk at the bar to drive home. The needs of the many out weigh the need of the 1. Another thing that has not been mentioned, the man feels he is too blind to be in a car but yet he drives a vehicle near a SCHOOL What if it had been a little kid on a bicycle that he truned into

 

[Code54]

I work in the legal system everyday and all I can advise is seek the advice of an experienced attorney. Im not saying file a suit, etc.. Just find out exactly where you stand and the liability you could face so you can make well informed decisions.

 

[LBrown59]

Maybe his eye sight cannot be corrected. Somethings cannot be fixed with money.

If it can't be fixed / don't try to use it .

 

[LBrown59]

It is not uncommon around here to see 12-13 year olds driving tractors down the road to the fields for the family farm,
1*how is this any different?
2*He is vision is 20/200.
As to the legallity of operating it on the highway, as mentioned everything we researched said it was okay, but we wonered about it .
3* The officer never mentioned anything about it so that kinda confirms that he was operating legally.

1*They aren't leagaly blind .
2*My vision is around 20 /40 or 60.
It's illegal for me to a drive a venicle on the road with out glesses .
Would you like to share the road with me and others like me when we don't have our glasses on ?
3*Or the officer was not dong his job properly.

 

[kenstrac]

1*They aren't leagaly blind .
2*My vision is around 20 /40 or 60.
It's illegal for me to a drive a venicle on the road with out glesses .
Would you like to share the road with me and others like me when we don't have our glasses on ?
3*Or the officer was not dong his job properly.

I think he got a GET OUT OF JAIL FREE card,and if he pursues this the other guy's insurance co. might catch it and he will be S.O.L.