A Kalispell man who does not qualify for a driver’s license because of a brain injury and a history of seizures has been granted the state’s first low-speed restricted driver’s license allowing him to legally drive his golf cart. Barrow, 57, received his license under a new law passed by the 2011 Legislature that took effect on Jan. 1. It allows people who aren’t qualified to drive regular vehicles at typical highway speeds to drive golf carts and electric vehicles that travel at speeds of up to 40 mph. Officials with the state Driver Licensing Bureau confirmed Tuesday that Barrow was the first person to obtain the new restricted license. To qualify for a low-speed license, a person must obtain a medical statement saying they have an impairment that prevents them from driving a regular vehicle and then pass a vision, written and driving tests modified to the limitations of the golf cart or low-speed electric vehicle. Barrow said he uses his golf cart mainly to go shopping or to church, but rides a city bus to his job at Walmart. Barrow said he does not believe many people know about the low-speed restricted licenses continue reading
A Bloomington woman is suing to stop the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles from suspending her license, saying the agency waited too long to mete out punishment for infractions committed years ago and that revoking her driving privileges now would endanger her family’s welfare. Leslee Orndorff was deemed a habitual traffic offender in 2004 following her third conviction for driving without a license, making her subject to a 10-year license suspension if and when she obtained one, according to a lawsuit filed by Orndorff and the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. Orndorff says the BMV never notified her of her habitual offender status. She got her license in 2008 and contends she was unaware of the suspension that should have applied at the time. After discovering a computer glitch that allowed Orndorff and some 400 other habitual offenders to be overlooked, the BMV suspended her license in May. A Monroe County judge last month declined to stop the agency from enforcing the suspension. The ACLU is appealing that decision and attorney Ken Falk said this week that the suspension is temporarily on hold. Orndorff works as a caregiver for a home health care agency, and she says continue reading
Kansas City police caught 74 people at a Northland checkpoint Monday who were driving without a valid driver’s license or couldn’t show one to a police officer. The checkpoint was held from 6 to 11 p.m. at 5005 N.E. Antioch Road. While it operated, police stopped 1,366 vehicles. They found 19 people driving while their license had been suspended or revoked, 19 people who had failed to obtain a valid license and 36 people who were unable to produce one upon demand of an officer. Police arrested three people for drunken driving. Police also reported three other traffic violations; seven insurance violations; six Kansas City warrants; one person in possession of a controlled substance and one person in possession of continue reading
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