Is it a right or is it a privilege to have a car ?

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To have a car, or to have a driving license?

Nuisance

Burden

Bad luck

Misfortune

How can it be a right to have a car?

Anyone can buy or own a car.

It's a privilege that has to be earnt and that can be taken away from you to use and drive the car on public roads. The licence is earnt and conditional, break the rules and you will lose the right to drive your car, but you can park your car in the side of your own house and use it as a novelty plant pot.

It's a right to not get asked ridiculous questions like this.

It's a privilege to not get asked ridiculous questions like this.

Ftfy

I suppose we could see it as some sort of expected privilege, if it was a right which sounds kind of ludicrous surely we would all have cars which we got for free

Same applies to bicycles in my opinion

Didn't there used to be a £1 fee for starting threads like this?

Can we bring that back?

You will have to have earned £1 first.

Driving is definitely a wrong.

to use a car is clearly a privilege - you need permission from the state to do so

I recently passed a driving test. Driving is shit, I now have earned the right to sit in a metal box that barely moves while watching people pedal past.

I can drive and do enjoy driving when I do it.

I am privileged to not have the need to own a car.

It's not a right.

Driving a car is done so only under licence and a failure to drive properly can lead to the removal of the licence. (If only this was done more and for longer!)

So ,if the choice is between right and privilege, it's a privilege.

As M_V says, it's more of a privilege to not drive everywhere and more people need to realise this!

An interesting counterpoint:

In the US it is a constitutional right to be able to bear arms, but one still needs a licence to do so.

So, there at least, the need for a licence does not imply a privilege.

Not universally- Alabama doesn't require a licence to purchase or carry a gun for example.

We don't have a right to drive in our constitution which is modified by whichever state you happen to be in (but can't be rescinded, only restricted).

Neither a right nor a privilege. Simply immoral in towns where for most it isn't necessary. Exemption for some people who should be allowed a mobility vehicle on prescription.

Chancellor Coppi wants his cashmoney...

Depends on the state, and the type of weapon and if concealed.

Illegal, immoral or fattening.

Also define town.

@Dammit @lynx you're missing my point which is "A right can be subject to a licence."

Not in Alabama, fine, but in some states yes. In which case my point is made.

Ergo, the contention "Driving is not a right since it is subject to a licence." is demonstrably pretty weak.

A stronger point, IMO, is that rights are generally enshrined in legal or cultural corpuses. Such as the US constitution, or the Human Rights Act, or the TFL late running compensation policy, or the Thatcherite Right to Buy legislation, etc...

I am unaware of the location of the "Right to car ownership" policy document.