Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Maine

I've been doing some research on " right to drive " within one of the articles it states this fact.... Government, in requiring the people to file for "drivers licenses, vehicle registrations, mandatory insurance, and demanding they stop for vehicle inspections, DUI/DWI roadblocks etc. without question, are "restricting", and therefore violating, the Peoples common law right to travel. Now how would I imply this to myself I do have a few web sites and supreme court cases that prove this fact


Asked on 1/04/16, 7:39 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

The constitutional right to travel means you're free to go from one place to another, but not that you're free to operate potentially dangerous vehicles without a license. The right to travel existed over 100 years before the automobile was invented, so you don't need to drive a car in order to exercise that right.

You can travel the country at will as a passenger in someone else's vehicle, or you can walk, ride a bicycle, etc. But you have no more right to drive a car than to pilot an airplane. The government can reasonably require you to prove that you know how to operate those vehicles safely before it lets you do so on public roads or in public airspace.

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Answered on 1/04/16, 8:43 pm


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