Man Builds Turbine Powered Batmobile

hasanabbas1987 writes "Casey Putsch, the famous car restorer, puts a new meaning to the word 'Fanboy' as he builds a Batmobile and powers it with a Boeing turboshaft engine taken from a drone helicopter. According to Casey this is the only one of its kind and even Bruce Wayne would've been proud of his work. Internal mods include an iPad in the dashboard which serves as an avionics system and GPS coordinates."

Re:Is street-legal: All Roads are Open.

[ElectricTurtle]

Too bad everything is basically the opposite of what you say. You do not (necessarily) need licenses for private roads, especially not from the government. If there were restrictions on a private road they would necessarily be *private* and you'd need whatever authorization the road's owner required. Licenses are a requirement to operate a vehicle on public roads in the US at a state level, and they are also only half of the picture. "Street legal" refers not to licenses at all but to vehicle registration. Vehicles must meet safety, emissions, and other standards determined by each state before they can be registered. While some vehicles are exempt from these standards it is usually because they have been grandfathered in from earlier periods of vehicle manufacture before given standards were implemented.

The doctrine of open roads is not that anybody can drive anything, but rather that other persons/agencies cannot impede others on public roads for reasons in excess of legal frameworks such as licensing, registration, and traffic laws. It's meant to prevent discrimination or attempts at passive harassment such as trying to block roads or certain persons or classes of persons. Your legal interpretation is not borne out in any case law I assure you.

I am not a lawyer and the above should not be construed as legal advice.