----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Reese"
Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing
Jeezus, I never said I was opposed to the licensing system. I said that I
object to the government saying it's a privilege for me to drive my car. I
earned the right to drive it by proving my proficiency. Government does
not
confer privileges on its citizens. It confers rights.
You earned the privledge to drive your car.
Or right, have it however you want.
The licensing system obviously works extremely well. Do you notice how
there
are never any accidents and no one ever gets hurt?
The licencing system is a total failure, since it only means you have to
behave yourself for the 15 minutes an examiner is in your car.
It does prove that you are capable of operating a vehicle at a minimum level
of competency, not that you will continue to do so, or improve your sklls.
Mandatory retesting would prove the same thing.
Taking away drivers licences (removing the privledge or right to drive) is
also ineffective, since it puts unlicenced drivers on the road.....
Personally, I think if you prove yourself to be such a bad driver that you
are not safe to be behind the wheel, your car should be taken from you and
crushed, and if you are found driving a vehicle, that vehicle, no matter who
is the owner, should suffer the same fate as your own car.
But I tend to be a bit over the top on the subject.
William Robb
