What happens when tracking vehicles becomes legal, and tampering with tracking devices is declared a crime? "So what?" you ask, "It doesn't apply to me; I'm a good citizen."
It might be too late...
The government already gives you a license plate and you have to display it clearly and unaltered.
I'll use Washinton state as an example. The relevant sections of Washington state law are:
46.16.010 (Licenses and plates required)
46.16.240 (Attachment of plates to vehicles -- Violations enumerated.)
My viewpoint is that legal cases always remind us that driving a vehicle isn't an inherent right. If the government attempts to alter your right to walk around freely and anonymously you will have a lot to worry about. However, applying restrictions (speedlimit for cars, traffic corridors for airplanes), licensing requirements, or mandatory identifiers to vehicular travel doesn't really have much to do with your right to travel freely. Just because the FAA won't let me build and fly a helicopter to work doesn't lead me to believe that the re-education camps are just around the corner. In the end I can always walk to work without ID and no-one can track me.
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It might be too late...
The government already gives you a license plate and you have to display it clearly and unaltered.
I'll use Washinton state as an example. The relevant sections of Washington state law are:
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46.16.010 (Licenses and plates required)
-
46.16.240 (Attachment of plates to vehicles -- Violations enumerated.)
My viewpoint is that legal cases always remind us that driving a vehicle isn't an inherent right. If the government attempts to alter your right to walk around freely and anonymously you will have a lot to worry about. However, applying restrictions (speedlimit for cars, traffic corridors for airplanes), licensing requirements, or mandatory identifiers to vehicular travel doesn't really have much to do with your right to travel freely. Just because the FAA won't let me build and fly a helicopter to work doesn't lead me to believe that the re-education camps are just around the corner. In the end I can always walk to work without ID and no-one can track me.