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Originally Posted by Shoonra
By wandering from source to source it's possible to find a "middle", by exploiting trifling differences between sources. But the state laws and the courts have held that there is no practical distinction between driving a vehicle and operating it. In some places one or the other nomenclature is preferred; Texas, for instance, insists on calling its DL an "operator's permit", but the court decisions using the word "drivers license" have been used as precedent (and vice versa).
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Thank you Shoonra, you made one of my points for me. I was talking earlier about the courts liking to use word games and the above stated is what I'm talking about. The definition of a license (paraphrased) is to be able to do that which would otherwise be illegal. So what Texas is saying is that it's not illegal as long as you have a permission slip, but it doesn't have to be the license that they force you to have. Every other State of the Union says that you have to have a license which is what permits you to drive. People look into some of these cases and pay very special attention to the word games that they use. Shoonra, made another very point, where it was stated that wandering from source to source..., they can't even agree what is or isn't the meaning of the same law. There are only minute differences in the wording in the laws throughout the several States. Even with these small differences you get a million different verdicts on the very same issue under the same circumstances. In researching these cases the differences that I found came under (for the most part) the word game. Shoonra, you know the power of the word game. I don't want to argue with you Shoonra, I've never had a problem with you, only some small differences of opinions, I hope we can keep it that way.