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Used-Car Title Washing drained, Saves Millions and Grief

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Wheels: A Used-Car Promise Finally Delivered
By By Christopher Jensen

Published: January 29, 2009
On Friday morning, consumers will be able to receive something the federal government promised in 1992: A way to minimize the chance of buying a used vehicle that is dangerous.

wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/a-used-car-promise-finally-delivered/

I first heard about this when listening to NPR. An advocate for the title-washing law interviewed on NPR. This fathers son was killed because the used car he was driving was an in fact a salvaged vehicle with faulty paper filled airbags. Fatal incidents such as these to flood salvage lemon used car purchases in flood areas where hurricane Katrina struck costs the United States hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Starting Friday, all salvaged/wrecked vehicle information will be digitally and physically attached to the sale and title of the car. As far as states such as Rhode Island goes, they will have one year to adopt the new system that will link all 50 states into the national title database. Vehicles sold in RI and others do not require a Title for the car. Unlike states such as Massachusetts, where the sale of a car within the state line must require a title to be registered for the road, unless purchased out of state like in RI, where the bill of sale is required at registration time.

 

Author: William Fleurant

A black-hat Bostonian with a Brahmin accent…

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