# Where is the law saying former Presidents can't drive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-law-saying-former-presidents-cant-drive/988941>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-law-saying-former-presidents-cant-drive/988941 "2023-08-23T00:16:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-law-saying-former-presidents-cant-drive/988941/21 "2023-08-24T16:25:25Z")

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If you are in prison, can you drive?

In the context of OP’s question, it’s a self-solving problem.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-law-saying-former-presidents-cant-drive/988941/22 "2023-08-24T16:54:38Z")

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It was a new question surrounding “secret service protection” which is the foundation of the answer to the OP.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-law-saying-former-presidents-cant-drive/988941/23 "2023-08-26T20:18:19Z")

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For more on the Secret Service’s control, or lack thereof, over a President: [Is the Secret Service responsible for keeping the president from getting drunk? - The Straight Dope](https://www.straightdope.com/21344000/is-the-secret-service-responsible-for-keeping-the-president-from-getting-drunk)

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**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-law-saying-former-presidents-cant-drive/988941/24 "2023-08-26T22:05:19Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> For more on the Secret Service’s control, or lack thereof, over a President: [Is the Secret Service responsible for keeping the president from getting drunk? - The Straight Dope](https://www.straightdope.com/21344000/is-the-secret-service-responsible-for-keeping-the-president-from-getting-drunk)

Considering the news reports of drunken secret service agents, that’s a funny one.

Try:

[https://www.google.com/search?q="secret+service"+drunk&rlz=1C9BKJA\_enUS1055US1055&oq="secret+service"+drunk&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l2j0i7i30j0i390i650l4.19567j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22secret+service%22+drunk&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS1055US1055&oq=%22secret+service%22+drunk&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l2j0i7i30j0i390i650l4.19567j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8)

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