sounds very libertarian
who wrote it
and I wonder why
Won’t. Go. Anywhere.
Can you picture them saying "owning a gun is a privilege," as they say about driving, were it not for the 2nd Amendment?
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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Licensing is partly to assure responsibility and partly to control the masses. Lacking a license does not deprive you of the right to travel, as you can walk, bike or take a bus or train; and I can find no constitutional right to travel conveniently!
How long after cars were invented did it take a government to decide who could and could not drive one?
Do I believe the Constitution is a living document? NO. However I do believe that laws are written evolving past this document alone and that people need common sense when dealing with modern conveyances like automobiles.
If those in charge have it there way, there would be no rights, everything would be a privilege subjects to the whims of the gov’t.
About time.
If the Founding Fathers had ever imagined a day when government would require licensing of vehicle and driver, they would have included a “right of vehicular travel” in the Bill Of Rights. Methinks the only reason it’s not there is it was inconceivable to them.
Here in GA, licensing a car is little more than it runs well enough to put plates on it (and does not excessively pollute for those in metro Atlanta), and licensing a driver is little more than once-demonstrated ability to parallel park. Such rules are so vapid as to warrant their elimination.
Could this be a ploy so that illegals, who ostensibly cannot get drivers licenses in Georgia, can “end-run” the system?
Bobby Franklin is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 43.
Franklin has proposed measures...
... that would prohibit all abortions in Georgia...
... the “Constitutional Tender Act”, aims to make gold and silver the only legal tender for payment of debts in the state of Georgia pursuant to Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution...
... introduced a bill that would tax the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as it would any other privately owned bank in the state of Georgia...
Its sounds, philosophically, very Constitutional and respectful of natural rights and liberty; yet, in truth, everyone IS free to use the public roads (at least most of them) [walk, pull a wagon, ride a bike, etc.)
What no one is “free” to to do is to get behind the wheel of a potentially lethal machine - lethal if used negligently and improperly - without the rest of your fellows having some small degree of belief that you know what you’re doing.
On the other hand, true enough, if you do fail to drive properly or you drive negligently, and property damage or personal injury to someone else occurs, due to your driving, the law is likely to hold you responsible, license or no license - which might be what makes the proposed law correct. Maybe. (I’m on the fence.)
Full disclosure. I was driving, in my teens, years before I was able to obtain a license. What kept me from getting caught was (1)I was too scared to do anything wrong and (2)I was an excellent driver.
Sounds like someone who has a problems with excessive DUIs is behind this.