Neighborhood Watch

[pyromaniacal]

So I was sitting here, winding down when I heard the unmistakable sound of a diesel truck come rolling through the neighborhood. A tow truck, much as I had expected. Not to bring a car home, but to take them away. They hooked up this old, work truck, while another flatbed was dragging another truck from its spot

Comments

[kasudyo]

And their sin? That they didn't pay the state the extortion money for permission to operate the vehicle. As if they should have any say.

I honestly, objectively try to come up with the practical purposes for vehicle registration. Only thing I can come up with that isn't also about collecting fees is so that when some kid gets kidnapped, they can ID the vehicle.

[sharkpoof]

there is no rights protecting you when it comes to automobiles. you have no right to drive a car and because you operate your car on gov property, they can make you jump through whatever hoops they see fit.

if you only drove your vehicle on your own private property, you wouldn't need to register it or follow any vehicle laws with it. for example, i dont have to register my work truck on a farm unless i'm going to take on the streets for some reason.

[kasudyo]

California is one of a few states that legally don't give operating an automobile any more weight than "privilege." The right to travel, however, is pretty universal, it just hasn't been recognized as being extended to cars. Certainly I have a right to walk somewhere, and I also have a right to ride a bike on the public streets. Those streets "belong" to the government no more than my tax money does. It's "our" money they're spending and it's "our" roads that we drive on, especially if "we" pay for their construction and maintenance. But when I change my mode of transportation from bicycle to motorcycle or car, my "rights" go out the window and I have to pay the state for the permission to do so. If we're actually talking about driving a vehicle onto a military base or some other legitimate "government property" that's different.

Where I was getting at originally is that I see very few practical reasons for vehicle registration. I do understand, but object to, the reasons that stem from "we want money."