I appreciate your thoughts on this. But you might be erasing one of the intents of their efforts toward the bill.
The main focus point of the bill is not to track or justify the making driving without a license a crime. The reason for the license is to justify the opportunity of a driver, one that understands the law and has demonstrated both the ability and determination to be safe within the needs of the road. If the fallout of that is removed, then it doesn’t make any difference if the driver is safe or even cares to be.
So by removing the actions to that, they are creating a dangerous atmosphere on the roadway. And it is being done to protect people based upon something other than their ability to drive:
“...we’re creating a system for New Yorkers to pay these fees efficiently and without fear of losing a job, missing a rent payment, or forfeiting an education due to personal and financial challenges...”
In judging that the New York judicial system is a fallacy anyway in that they have so many people, with so much major crime in existence, they aren’t going to look for people with outstanding tickets and are not going to waste the court times with creating bench warrants. They can’t cover what they have now.
So their answer is to allow people, many who shouldn’t be on the road, an open invitation to getting away for their lives until they kill someone or themselves because they can’t drive or don’t care how. All with the blessing of the state. So which one, or both, is guilty of vehicular manslaughter or worse if it happens...the driver and/or the state?
rwood
This is a perfect example of how effective public school brainwashing has been. "Driving is a privilege" is pure hoey and always has been.
A free society can still put the responsibility of safe operation and the following of rules of the roads on the driver WITHOUT the requirement of a license. You appear to have fallen for the lie hook line and sinker, but don't feel bad many if not most of us have as we have heard the lie that driving is privilege since 4th grade. Our rights do not come from government and do not require a license.