Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. Will you drive, or transport passengers to church in a motor vehicle? Are you sure? Will you charge a fee for transporting passengers to church? If not, then you are not a driver and you did not drive passengers to church in a motor vehicle. You simply traveled, or commuted, to church with your family in a vehicle (NOT motor vehicle) and you did not require a license or registration to do so. But, you unwittingly signed a contract with the de facto government of your state (DMV) and claimed to be engaged in a commercial activity—for example in California, Class C Commercial Drivers License application. And when you get pulled over by the highwaymen, you again unwittingly admit to be engaging in a commercial activity when you produce a drivers license and registration of a motor vehicle. Consider the following authorities: “The activity licensed by state DMVs and in connection with which individuals must submit personal information to the DMV - the OPERATION of MOTOR VEHICLES - is itself integrally related to INTERSTATE COMMERCE”. — Seth Waxman, Solicitor General U.S. Department of Justice, Brief for the Petitioners, Reno v. Condon, No. 98-1464, decided January 12, 2000 Supreme Court of the United States Driver - One EMPLOYED in conducting or operating a coach, carriage, wagon, or other vehicle, with horses, mules, or other animals, or a bicycle, tricycle, or motor car, though not a street railroad car. See Davis v. Petrinovich, 112 Ala. 654, 21 So. 344, 36 L.R.A. 615; Isaacs v. Railroad Co., 7 Am. Rep. 418, 47 N.Y. 122. —Blacks Law Dictionary, 3rd Ed. Title18, UNITED STATES CODE Sec. 31 PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 2 - AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES Sec. 31. Definitions When used in this chapter the term - Motor vehicle means every description of carriage or other contrivance propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used for COMMERCIAL purposes on the highways in the transportation of passengers, passengers and property, or property or cargo. Transportation: 1. The act or BUSINESS of moving PASSENGER and GOODS. - Websters Unified Dictionary and Encyclopedia, International Illustrated Edition (1960)
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 05:53:15 +0000
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