{"id":3290,"date":"2009-12-24T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/my-run-in-with-the-law\/"},"modified":"2009-12-24T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T12:21:00","slug":"my-run-in-with-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/my-run-in-with-the-law.php","title":{"rendered":"My Run-In with the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

While driving last night from Wellesley to Charlottesville, I was stopped for not having a working light over the rear license plate.<\/p>

My wife said, \"It makes sense to have such a rule; otherwise police could not read your license (at night).\"<\/p>

My response was, \"Why do the police need to read my license plate (at night or otherwise)?  Why require license plates at all?\"<\/p>

The answer is presumably something like, \"It helps police solve crimes.\"  <\/p>

But how many?  Is it worth the cost of all those license plates?<\/p>

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