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The obsession with cars is part of the reason why the U.S. doesn't bother to come up with a better way to identify its citizens. Nearly everyone has a driver's

by kijin 10y ago

The obsession with cars is part of the reason why the U.S. doesn't bother to come up with a better way to identify its citizens. Nearly everyone has a driver's license, so why use any other form of photo ID? A good American just gets a license and buys a car.

maxerickson 10y ago
States also offer ID cards that are not driver's licenses. Usually you apply using the same information, at the same locations and pay a lower fee than for a driver's license.
Annatar 10y ago
As far as I know, all states in the United States union have a photographic identification card which is almost identical to the driver's license, except that it is not one. Some examples: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/pages/driverid/idget.aspx http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/pages/driverid/idget.aspx http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/idinfo/idcard http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/idinfo/idcard https://dmv.ny.gov/id-card/sample-photo-documents https://dmv.ny.gov/id-card/sample-photo-documents the really slick thing about the States is that a driver's license doubles as an identity card. I can show my driver's license anywhere in the 50 states and immediately authenticate myself, but if I show any of my other driver's licenses in the countries of their issuance, not one will accept it for proving my identity; they all require me to show them their respective identity cards. Such bureaucractic nonsense! This is what I referred to in one of my earlier posts when I wrote that if it can be less bureaucratic and streamlined somewhere else (I used Singapore as an example then, in this case, the States), then it can work elsewhere too. Instead, people just come up with nonsensical excuses why it cannot work, for example that's just the way it is here, accept it! Such nonsensical arguments infuriate me.

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The obsession with cars is part of the reason why the U.S. doesn't bother to come up with a better way to identify its citizens. Nearly everyone has a driver's

by kijin 10y ago

maxerickson 10y ago
States also offer ID cards that are not driver's licenses. Usually you apply using the same information, at the same locations and pay a lower fee than for a driver's license.
Annatar 10y ago
As far as I know, all states in the United States union have a photographic identification card which is almost identical to the driver's license, except that it is not one. Some examples: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/pages/driverid/idget.aspx http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/pages/driverid/idget.aspx http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/idinfo/idcard http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/idinfo/idcard https://dmv.ny.gov/id-card/sample-photo-documents https://dmv.ny.gov/id-card/sample-photo-documents the really slick thing about the States is that a driver's license doubles as an identity card. I can show my driver's license anywhere in the 50 states and immediately authenticate myself, but if I show any of my other driver's licenses in the countries of their issuance, not one will accept it for proving my identity; they all require me to show them their respective identity cards. Such bureaucractic nonsense! This is what I referred to in one of my earlier posts when I wrote that if it can be less bureaucratic and streamlined somewhere else (I used Singapore as an example then, in this case, the States), then it can work elsewhere too. Instead, people just come up with nonsensical excuses why it cannot work, for example that's just the way it is here, accept it! Such nonsensical arguments infuriate me.