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So isn't the requirement to have-to buy your vehicle through a dealership, way-too out of date? It seems analogous to the OR and NJ laws that require a trained person pump the gas (no offense meant to people from those states). Those states likely have their reasons: http://www.ktvb.com/news/i-wonder/I-Wonder-Why-cant-you-pump-your-own-gas-in-Oregon-82256587.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/18812/why-cant-you-pump-your-own-gas-oregon-and-new-jersey But wouldn't it be just as wrong to require a trained monkey to plug or unplug the plugin. The monkey would get a job for peanuts, but it would seem ridiculous as Automakers have gone to great lengths to design the coupler so they do-not-get-sued: the plugging of the coupler is child's play. Back to the analogy ... So requiring fuel hazard laws to dictate that a trained person (monkey) has to plug the plugin in, would be just as non-applicable, archaic, and insane as requiring the public to only be able to buy a vehicle from/through a dealership? The courts seems to agree: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Tesla-Wins-Direct-Sales-Case-in-New-York-td4662606.html (Your views, comments, corrections requested) {brucedp.150m.com} -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
