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To answer that, driving is considered a privilege and not a right. Therefore, driving or accustations about your driving is not protected under the constitution. The right to face your accuser only applies to criminal matters.

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It sounds like your guest is the victim of the abuse of the system and that is unfortunate. However, I think that the majority of the use of the law is well intentioned and is very important. In our family, we recently had a situation where my grandmother demonstrated that she should not be driving. But since we were all her children or grandchildren, she felt she did not listen to us about her driving. It wasn?t until we contact the DMV and they intervened, did she stop driving.

I would like to stress that the confidentiality was very important. My grandmother suffers from a number of issues and does not like to accept help. If she knew that we contacted the DMV that would decrease the likelihood that she would trust us to help her on other issues.

I think that his law is important and should remain the way it is. However, I do agree that law enforcement should have their name public when they report.

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