For driving you need to pay taxes, pollution tests, fees, buy insurance, vision tests, and take a written test and a driving test. And continuously update your license and registration. All this is before you can drive. And there are road rules too.

If we have free transport, can we at least require minimum rules for safety?

E.g., no open drug use and harassing others.

Rely on holy spirits for safety is not an answer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/nyregion/new-york-subway-...