Driving is a RIGHT

[[AK]Rocks]

Really? So is walking....if you have the balance...

[[AK]Squidly]

People are too stupid for it to be a right.

[[AK]Bribo]

Driving on the right is a right, right?

[[AK]Nuts]

You have a constitutional right to drive on roads and highways and when a state requires a license to do so, it is - in fact - denying you your constitutional right. There have been judges that have set precedence on this in various states and state supreme courts.

Who here has the guts to try it?

[[AK]Bribo]

You have a constitutional right to drive on roads and highways

Where in the Constitution is this right mentioned?

[[AK]Nuts]

Case # 1 - "Even the legislature has no power to deny to a citizen the right to travel upon the highway and transport his property in the ordinary course of his business or pleasure, though this right may be regulated in accordance with the public interest and convenience. - Chicago Motor Coach v Chicago 169 NE 22
("Regulated" here means traffic safety enforcement, stop lights, signs, etc. NOT a privilege that requires permission i.e.- licensing, mandatory insurance, vehicle registration, etc.)

Case # 2 - "The right of the citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property thereon, either by carriage or by automobile, is not a mere privilege which a city may prohibit or permit at will, but a common right which he has under the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."- Thompson v Smith 154 SE 579.

Case # 3 - "The right to travel is a part of the liberty of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law under the 5th Amendment." - Kent v Dulles, 357 U.S. 116, 125.

Case # 4 - "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 l4th Amendment and by other provisions of the Constitution." - Schactman v Dulles, 96 App D.C. 287, 293.

[[AK]Rocks]

Then why do you have to have a license or eye exam. So if my son fails his road test , we are denying he his rights... Hmm Doubt it.. Do you have the right to drive impaired? Blind? If so, I am back to walking away from the roads and highways...