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> Can you drive without a license or insurance?

Current law does not allow you to do this, yes. But current law also allows you to be ticketed if you exceed the speed limit. So obviously not all of current law is consistent with the basic principle I have stated. The application of the basic principle I stated to these cases should be obvious.

(Btw, it seems a little odd for you to be saying, on the one hand, that certain current laws are wrong--such as the 65 mph speed limit--and on the other hand to be relying on other current laws for your understanding of what "rights" you have. Surely you should apply the same principles to all of the laws?)

> Can you legally walk down a highway?

I actually don't know what the law is on this one. The application of the basic principle I stated to this case, as to the ones above, should be obvious.




> > Can you drive without a license or insurance?

> Current law does not allow you to do this, yes.

Current law in much of the US absolutely allows this, as long as you aren't on a public road or private property where the owner has opted-in to the rules generally applicable to public roads.

Of course, most of the interesting trips a person might want to take by car involve traversing public roads.




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