Could you please refer me to the part in the Constitution that says anything about Motor Vehicles. Believe driving is privilege NOT a right...
"the rule means that any farm truck hauling livestock or a trailer is violating the law and subject to fines if they don’t have a USDOT number. These are the same regulations required of semi-trucks."
"It’s excessive..."
Must...comply...with...Federal Safety Regulations.
EchoT, you have a backwards understanding of the Constitution.
Granted, the U.S. Constitution does not discuss motor vehicles or other conveyances, nor does it establish a "right" to drive. However, the powers of the Federal government are delineated in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution. None of the powers authorized include the authority to regulate motor vehicles, including farm equipment. That is the proper jurisdiction of state governments. Additionally, the Tenth Amendment states that those powers not granted to the Federal government are reserved to the states and the people.
If American conservatism has any meaning, it must be found in adherence to the doctrine of original intent of the U.S. Constitution. The original intent of the framers of that document is well documented in The Federalist Papers and elsewhere. Unless you subscribe to the liberal doctrines of treating the "interstate commerce" clause of the Constitution as a "wax nose" adjustable to justify any and all economic interventions (the original intent was to prevent the states from establishing barriers for interstate free trade) and considering the Constitution a "living document" subject to re-interpretation to suit current political whims, there is no justification for Federal regulation of motor vehicles of any sort, except in the District of Columbia and Federally owned lands.
Subject to what? Any petty tyranny the Feds dream up? Cite for me the portion of the Constitution that gives the Fed morons any authority over motor vehicles whatsoever, please.