Parking in Your Driveway, No Laughing Matter

A few years ago Candid Camera or one its imitators did a segment where, for laughs, individuals were ticketed for parking in ther own driveways. But, it's no longer a laughing matter as this story makes clear. This tale indicates how easily we can be led into the false presumption we own what we regulate. Then again, all regulation is, indeed, a taking of value. This illustrates why it so essential all regulation be limited to what is necessary and not simply what is desired. The failure to appreciate this fundamental principle leads to more and more intrusion into the lives of the regulated and finally the false conclusion by regulators that it's our property and we can do what we damn well please with it, precisely the opposite of the truth, turning the law on its head and making what was laughable a cruel reality.