Posted on 02/01/2011 9:50:28 PM PST by speciallybland
ATLANTA -- A state lawmaker from Marietta is sponsoring a bill that seeks to do away with Georgia driver's licenses.
State Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has filed House Bill 7, calling it the "Right to Travel Act."
In his bill, Franklin states, "Free people have a common law and constitutional right to travel on the roads and highways that are provided by their government for that purpose. Licensing of drivers cannot be required of free people, because taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right."
Franklin told CBS Atlanta News that driver's licenses are a throw back to oppressive times. “Agents of the state demanding your papers," he said. "We’re getting that way here.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsatlanta.com ...
The last time I was out on the road that's all there was out there.
Bravo! Spoken like a sovereign citizen not a subject.
Really disheartening to see so many alleged “Conservatives” piling on to pillory this guy for actually understanding that in order to exercise the right to travel freely Driving IS indeed a RIGHT.
Sad so many have swallowed the “Privilege” propaganda so completely.
I would have expected better from this site.
>> Bravo! Spoken like a sovereign citizen not a subject.
Don’t get me wrong, the lawmaker’s proposal is intriguing. But what other mechanism would provide controls for keeping the habitual 100 MPH drunkard safely apart from the family of 4 heading to the local fair? In the case of not being jailed, how is the drunkard accounted for if the goal is to keep him off the road? Is he issued a restraining order?
I’m not defending Statism, but instead the practical means to separate the reckless from regular folks.
Licenses also provide some degree of fraud protection, but that’s a separate issue from transportation.
>> Sad so many have swallowed the “Privilege” propaganda so completely.
It’s Statism.
It’s a good test for those that claim to be Libertarians. Most would probably fail.
I’m not sure this is a good litmus test for Conservatives since many lean towards Statism.
Ya might want to pop out of your cocoon for a breather... this happens every single day on US roads WITH "proper" licensing! so it would have little impact in this discussion, just as with any other "bad behavior", the Law is supposed to take care of the miscreants that violate another citizens rights.
I’m not defending Statism, but instead the practical means to separate the reckless from regular folks.
That is what laws are for... they just need to be enforced when required... someone gets behind the wheel and places other citizens in danger, then prosecute them and I mean really throw the book at them, But don't throw a net over the entire populace for the actions of a small handful.
Who does he think he is, Ron nutcase Paul?
They do it anyways. Twenty times convicted drunks, keep driving. Illegals drive. Old, blind, twenty pills a day elderly drive. Pot heads, heroin shooters, cell phone yackers.....
What a dumb idea. Licensing of a driver shows they have received training in driving. After that it’s just updating your driver license and making sure you can still see. While I realize anyone without a license can drive a car, it’s nice to know that most people have gone through some training before getting behind the wheel.
Odd. I can, and Americans can since time immemorial, go out, build a two hundred foot ship and pilot it anywhere, if it is mine, no papers needed.
I work in a bar. I get good, fake licenses most every day from kids or foreigners. They are all over the place.
I don’t want my daughter drivin’ down the road sharing the highway with God knows what imbecile who may not have any common sense [much less driving ability].
That’s the way it is today anyway.
Basically it’s just another tax for the politicians to dig into. They could care less if you know how to drive or not.
The requirements (training and testing) for getting a driver’s license in the US must already be the lowest in the Western world. And he wants to do away with them altogether? What could possibly go wrong?!
>taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right
LOL!
An inalienable right is one that is endowed upon you by virtue of being born a human. - and costs no one else anything.
I don’t remember driving being any such thing.
You must not live in Virginia. It took my son 1 1/2 years to get his license. He had to go through driver’s ed, have 45 hours of driving under a temp permit in all conditions, had to drive on a temp permit for 9 months, had to take several tests, and take his (and my time) to go to court to be lecture by a judge for an hour. Scheduling all of this was a nightmare.
That's the way the Mexicans see it too.
The only real good they do is allow the cops to check quickly to see if there are any warrants out on you.
A big AMEN to that, and add one. Allows the point system to carry a mistake made in one jurisdiction, to carry over into many many others, thus jeopardizing your insurance rates, and a few other things as well. Horrible system that should be for DUI, or manslaughter convictions only if anything.
Never let a snowstorm go to waste. If you don’t do the donuts, brake tests, skidding, etc you have no idea what your vehicle us up to.
what other mechanism would provide controls for keeping the habitual 100 MPH drunkard safely apart from the family of 4 heading to the local fair?
An unending stint in the greybar hotel?
An non removable ankle bracelet attached to something solid, limiting the movement of the individual to a ten foot circle?
Execution?
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