Post date: Feb 12, 2017 4:22:42 PM
HANSARD – MOTOR CAR LEGISLATION.
HL Deb 16 July 1907 vol 178 cc483-90
*LORD MONTAGU Of BEAULIEU – Section 487
"I am entirely in sympathy with what the noble Earl said with regard to police traps. In my opinion they are manifestly absurd as a protection to the public, and they are used in many counties merely as a means of extracting money from the passing traveller in a way which reminds one of the highwaymen of the Middle Ages."
This debate was just 4 years after the introduction of driving licences in 1903. The Motor Car Act made the lawful and constitutionally protected right to travel a prohibited act under statute (mallum prohibitum). No driving test was required, just the payment of 5 shillings.
From that day, every driver sacrificed their lawfully protected right to travel by conversion to a legal privilege.
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