ratbastid

Yeah... Everywhere I've seen this question discussed in any official capacity, it's FIRMLY asserted that driving is a privilege, not a right. In those very words, no less.

I know! dksuddeth: next time your driver's license (if you have one!) comes up for renewal, don't bother. But keep driving around like you always do. It's your right, after all! For that matter, it's your right to drive as fast as you want, how dare they tell you how fast to drive your car! So let 'er rip! Then when you get pulled over for speeding and get ticketed for driving without a license, just ignore it--they're infringing on your rights. When you eventually get hauled before a judge, lay this whole "it's my right" business on him. Then let us know how that goes. Hell, take it to the Supreme Court! Let's see you actually USE the system, rather than just standing outside it bitching!

My point, before you cry "strawman", is that you live in a SOCIETY. For things to work in a society, you have to play, to some extent, by society's rules. You get a lot of benefit from the state you live in--those fancy roads where you exercise your "right" to drive, for instance. In exchange for that, you submit to the infrastructure of authority that has those things be workable for EVERYONE. Google "Social Contract" for more on this.

This is my WHOLE problem with extreme libertarianism. There's zero interest in society or community working, in a world that works for everyone. It's a fundamentally selfish ethos.