Reply #28: Driving is driving. [View All]

There are no laws that I know of restricting the age or operation of my vehicles on my property. I do NOT have to have permission of the state to tool about on my families farm property nor the property of others with permission. In fact I often drove farm equipment to include trucks and tractors when growing up and well below the "legal" driving age.

If I want to drive about on the public roadways then I have to pay a tax. The state get that tax by fees for drivers licenses, tag and registration fees, safety inspections and other rules of the road. As a side effect they hopefully improve the abilities and safety of the drivers and equipment.

Is it a privilege or right? Seems to me it is both. No restrictions on private property, I.E. a right. Limited access and prior restraint on public roads, I.E. a privilege.