Street Legal?

What does it take to qualify as street legal? I assume you'd have to get the license plate, have air bags (or something), etc... but what are the actual requirements? How do we find out? Do we wade through all the DMV logs? Is there an easier way?

Potential Car Toolkit Items

	First, how about a reusable flare (or 2 or 6)... Only downside is that they use 2 AAA batteries... hope you have some charged... Actually, our EV should keep a "set" of batteries charged at all times for just such things.
	And how about a couple wrenches for working on the car?
	Or maybe we would rather not stand in the rain to give someone else a jump (or get one ourselves)...
	Maybe we would rather not have to expend any energy to determine if the tire pressure is at 32 psi or at 36 psi?
Now this one we will skip though - cuz we are going to have heated/cooled/massage seats... who was it that does it now? Lexus or someone?
	This could be... well.. fun. I mean, what would you want your car to say if it could change on a whim?
	If we could find a good space for it, this could be a good emergency item.
This could make it easier to see when working on the car... but... we should TRY to design the car not to need something like this...
	We probably could do with a built-in unit, but... a wireless temperature and compass could be OK...
	Ok, this and might be going a little far ;)

Things to Consider

I expect this post to get modified and repeated often. Think of it as a post-in note... We will never be able to list everything that has to be looked into, but why not list some things to give us a start next time...

1. GPS / BlackBox
2. 2-Wheel vs. All-Wheel
3. Lexus Auto-Park feature
4. one motor per tire or not?
5. AC vs. DC
6. Regenerative Braking
7. Heated and Cooled seats (and steering wheel?)
8. Are there more environmentally friendly tires?
9. OLED or Holographic dash instruments
10. Battery packs
11. Kit Car, Custom Fiberglass, or Rebuild
12. Backup(reverse) cameras w/ collision-aversion
13. Speed sensitive sound
14. Hands free cell phone integration
15. Media - CD, DVD, MP3, whatever
16. Car should talk (per Dino) ;)
17. Personalized settings (a'la Pontiac Banshee)
18. Radar detection
19. Lexus night vision
20. WiFi hotspot
21. adjustable cup holders
22. Spider Spikes and place for them in trunk
23. better headlights - fog, rain, snow, sun, etc
24. in-dash touchscreen
25. Sue Sue
26. A name for the car
27. licensing and registration
28. street legality


ok, I guess that is enough for now...