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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Drivers license regulated industry or right?
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Date: Tue, 22-May-84 13:19:15 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 22 13:19:15 1984
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teldata!dave says:
	I noticed that more and more people are talking about driving
	being a privilege from the state.  I would like to know when it
	became a privilege to move from point to point....

It isn't.  The privilege is that you are operating hazardous equipment
on public property.  Of course you have a right to move from point to
point -- on foot, for instance, or if you are in a hurry, as a passenger
in a professionally driven common carrier vehicle (plane, train, taxi).
And if your own property is large enough, you are (or should be) free to
use whatever means you like to move from point to point within it.

But if you want to drive a vehicle yourself on a public road, then you
had better prove yourself able to do so safely, by acquiring a license.  
First.  And yes, that makes driving a privilege.

(I hope you're not going to dispute that a car is hazardous
equipment.  Know what the death rate from car accidents is?)

Mark Brader