Unlicensed person operating motor vehicle prohibited
A person cannot let someone else drive their car or any car they are in charge of if that other person does not have a valid driver's license or is not allowed to drive under Missouri law.
302.260. Unlicensed person operating motor vehicle prohibited. — No person shall authorize or a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any by any person who is not hereunder or in violation of any of the of sections 302.010 to 302.260.
(RSMo 1939 § 8467)
(1958) In by mother for death of in one-car accident charging owner of automobile with , and conduct in permitting decedent, just under sixteen years of age, to drive, court held that submissible case had not been made since evidence would not justify finding that the owner knew, or circumstances were so strong as to charge him as reasonable man with anticipating, that serious injury would probably result. Thomasson v. Winsett (A.), 310 S.W.2d 33.
(1958) Person who "knowingly permits" driving by person under the age of sixteen is as a . Thomasson v. Winsett (A.), 310 S.W.2d 33.
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