Not licensed to drive? Lawmaker wants it so

by KTAR.com (January 31st, 2011 @ 2:17pm)

If one Georgia lawmaker has his way, drivers licenses will go the way of the dinosaurs.

According to CBS Atlanta, State Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has filed House Bill 7, calling it the "Right to Travel Act."

In his bill, Franklin states, "Free people have a common law and constitutional right to travel on the roads and highways that are provided by their government for that purpose. Licensing of drivers cannot be required of free people, because taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right."

Franklin said a driver's license is a throwback to oppressive times, when agents of the state were demanding papers.

CBS Atlanta's Rebekka Schramm asked Franklin, "How are we going to keep up with who's who and who's on the roads and who's not supposed to be on the roads?"

"That's a great question," Franklin said. "And I would have to answer that with a question, ‘Why do you need to know who's who?'"

"What about 12-14-year-olds who want to drive? What would stop them?" Schramm asked.

"Well, what's stopping them now anyway?" Franklin answered.


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    Not as Free as we think we are
    dalenlee
    If you have to ask permission to do something it isn't a right any longer its a privilege. Think of all the things the government regulates today. We even have to ask the state permission to get married or even put a fence in our own yards. Eventually the government will regulate parental rights by requiring a license to have children and how many.
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    Driver's Licenses are unConstitutional
    bbruhwiler8
    I'm all for State Rep. Bobby Franklin's bill which has been sitting there without a vote for about a year now. I just wish Mr. Franklin would prepare better answers for people's questions though. This is an issue that is bigger than whether or not a 12 year old will get behind the wheel. With freedom comes responsibility, and the people will rise to the occasion.
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