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Zev Sero wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4B2FB2CC.9040304@sero.name" type="cite"> Without
a license, one doesn't know how to drive.
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That statement is an obvious falsehood, no matter who is alleged to
have
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said it. It is inconceivable that any intelligent person could
honestly
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say such a thing. That is one reason why I doubt the whole story.
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I am surprised at your ignorance of the literature<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rav Sternbuch
(1:850) Question:
A Jewish driver who normal speeds or doesn’t have a license – is it
permitted
to report him to the police? Answer: It states explicitly in Shulchan
Aruch
(Y.D. 388:12) that if someone is engaged in counterfeiting and is thus
a danger
to the community – he should be warned to stop. If he doesn’t listen to
the
warning it is possible to report him to the police. The Gra there says
that the
counterfeiter has the status of a rodef (pursuer) even though he does
not
intend to harm others and even though the harm is an indirect result of
his
actions and even though the danger is only a possibility not a
certainty. There
is nothing more dangerous than a reckless driver who is speeding or one
who has
no knowledge of proper driving skills - as indicated by the fact he has
no
license. Such people are likely to kill other, chas v’shalom and
therefore they
have the halachic status of rodef (pursuer).<span style="">
</span>That is why in fact the secular law that requires a skilled
driver with
a license is in fact a just and obvious law for the welfare of society
and we
are fully obligated to observe these laws. Anyone who treats these laws
with
contempt and disobeys them, we are concerned that such a person can
come to
kill and therefore he deserves serious punishment – even imprisonment.
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