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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
The founding fathers knew that there would be a few downsides to freedom, accidental or purposeful deaths being a couple of them. The price of freedom can be high. Benjamin Franklin knew this when he said 'those that would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither'.
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I don't really think Franklin envisioned turning the general public whizzing around in half-ton death machines.
Maybe that's why I'm not willing to think of driving as a right. Freedom of speech, press, assembly and religion? Absolutely there are costs I'm willing to bear for those things. The freedom to drive? Not so much. When the alternative is to have driving be regulated and managed by the state government so that basically everyone who can be reasonably thought to be safe to drive can do so? That's a trade-off that seems like a complete no-brainer to me. I sort of can't fathom being idealistic enough about "the guv'mnt keeping its hands off'n ma freedoms" to choose otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I still think I'd rather be happy than right...
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Bingo.