mr peters presents some good questions about travel in this land you might want to consider;

H.G. Wells wrote his novel, War of the Worlds, in 1898 – when a “driver” was someone who drove horses, as in commercially. In italics  for a reason. 

Or rather, a definition.

Today, we use the term, “driver” to refer to someone who operates a motor vehicle, privately. Is the distinction important?

Maybe.

Is it possible the people who assert that the law does not oblige people who simply operate a private motor vehicle for personal use to get (and present) a license – because they are not drivers, as in the commercial sense, might be right? They are arguably right as a matter of common law and general tradition in that until relatively recently, human beings have always been understood to have a right to travel. Put another way, until relatively recently – around the dawn of the 20th century – no one had to obtain a license – that is to say, government permission – to travel by horse or carriage or any other privately owned conveyance.

People just went where they wanted, when they wanted – using the public right-of-way. These being the roads, which everyone had a right to use...........more........