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Benny, that "driving is a privilege" is just governmental b.s.
Driving is not a privilege or a right, it is an activity that governments like to regulate very closely so they can make as much money as possible. Granted, some regulation is definitely needed, but driving is a privilege like paying taxes is a privilege, getting building permits is a privilege, buying a dog license is a privilege.....



As I said in another thread, the idea that using the public highways is a "Privilege" is bunk foisted upon us by bureaucratic totalitarians. Just imagine the same rules we endure being enforced on our forefathers. “Sorry sir, that Conestoga Wagon you’re driving doesn’t have the right endorsements.” Or “Do you have the state’s permission to ride that horse?” Maybe “You don’t have the government’s permission to drive your cattle on this route.” There would have been dead government agents all over the United States. We routinely accept a level of government intrusion that would have led to insurrection before WWII. Jefferson was right! “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.