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> If you don't have a driver's license, you have to have a "state-issued ID card", which is the same except it doesn't confer the right to drive. Why? There ar
by uiri 10y ago
> If you don't have a driver's license, you have to have a "state-issued ID card", which is the same except it doesn't confer the right to drive.
Why? There are alternatives for ID and proof-of-age, such as a passport booklet/card.
- CapitalistCartr 10y agoThey're expensive, most Americans don't have them, especially the poorer, and they're a greater hassle: people expect a driver's license. And once you've had one, they have your photo; too late to change. Also, not having a driver's license is looked down on in most of the USA, outside a few major cities. It constrains job/dating/social/living location opportunities.
- fourthark 10y agoObviously, a passport does not avoid the facial recognition problem we're talking about here.
- Spooky23 10y agoNo. Most laws only require people requesting proof of identity accept an in-state drivers license or military ID.