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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by liability on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:55PM (#24125201)
Driving a car means operating a machine. Flying a plane is analogous to that. Being a passenger on an airplane is not analogous to driving a car.

Do you not have a right to be a passenger in a car? Does the government have a right to prohibit you from accepting rides from your friends, or paying a licensed cab driver?

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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by shard on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:05PM (#24125339)
I don't think it's about operating a machine per se, it's about the danger level of the machine. As others have pointed out, there's been no attempts to regulate operating a bicycle.
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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by liability on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:13PM (#24125426)
A car requires a license because it's a particularly dangerous machine, obviously not all machines require licenses. A car passenger could cause a car accident (have you seen the video of a woman attacking a bus driver, causing the bus to fall off a bridge, killing 15 people?) Yet we only require the operators of such machines to be licensed.
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