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Old September 23rd, 2007, 02:36 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Dave Smith[_2_]
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Default Driver Licensing not about highway safety

proffsl wrote:


No, its a RIGHT that has been taken away by the government.


Feel free to provide a cite to some credible source that supports
the idea that driving is a right rather than a privilege.


Although, I do not base my arguments on court arguments, and I do not
consider any of today's courts as a credible source of anything except
bull****, there are always these two court rulings.


It seems quite obvious that you opinion is born out of disregard for the
laws of the land or the courts, as well as complete ignorance or total
disregard of accident statistics.


"Undoubtedly the right of locomotion, the right to remove from one
place to another according to inclination, is an attribute of personal
liberty, and the right, ordinarily, of free transit from or through
the territory of any state is a right secured by the 14th Amendment
and by other provisions of the Constitution." - Williams v. Fears, 179
U.S. 270 (1900) - http://laws.findlaw.com/us/179/270.html#274

"The streets belong to the public and are primarily for the use of the
public in the ordinary way." -- Packard v. Banton, 264 U.S. 140 (1924)
- http://laws.findlaw.com/us/264/140.html#144

What is the Locomotion ordinarily used for personal travel on our
public highways today? DRIVING THE AUTOMOBILE.


Christ. You don't even know what locomotion means. It does not mean driving
a car.