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The State has blurred the distinction between the natural and artificial person to the point of the individual being duped into believing that he has no right to drive his automobile. The question has been posed to individuals: "If the State sent to you a notice declaring that your "privilege" to drive your automobile has been revoked, what would you do?" The answer was a resounding: "I would drive it anyway." Driving an automobile to work, or play, is as natural a function to most Americans now that to deprive an American of this right would be tantamount to taking his plate of food from him at the table.
A "license", in law, is a permission granted by a "higher authority" to perform some specific function. Licensing to drive an automobile is permission granted by the State to drive. Frank Kelly, the Attorney General for the State of Michigan, declared that nobody has the right to drive an automobile. He argued that "First of all you must have a license from the State and so driving a car is a privilege..." This is the classic CATCH 22 situation; if the right is to be exercised, one must seek permission from the State; then, the right is lost when the privilege is engaged in. The State does not have a program for those who wish to drive an automobile as a basic right. All are lumped into the category of "artificial person".
With the distinction blurred between the natural person and the artificial person, the State can withdraw the "privilege" at will, or many "conditions" can be placed upon the use of the 'privilege", such as have been proposed by some legislators that your rights be waived and the individual must submit to alcohol tests, and searches and seizures; and that child support payments must be up to date or the drivers "license" will be revoked. If the individual is "licensed" by the State, his "privilege" may well be revoked at the whim of the State. This is where the inhabitants of the States should rise up against this feudal system, and demand that the right to drive an automobile be recognized.
By now you can see how the right to drive an automobile has been relegated to the status of "privilege"; mostly through neglect, and apathy of the individual. Now most individuals actually believe that driving an automobile is a "privilege" granted by the State.
There is a cult of government worshippers loose upon the land, and this toady class within our society must be overcome before rights are regained. Rather than "license" issued by the State, a program course could be developed for the driver which would teach the Rules of the Road, and the function of driving a car on the road with other vehicles. And upon completion, a Certificate of Competency could be issued.
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