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The history of both has the ID functions of them added on after the fact. Granted the ID functions of the state Drivers licenses were done a little better than
by syshum 6y ago
The history of both has the ID functions of them added on after the fact.
Granted the ID functions of the state Drivers licenses were done a little better than the ID functions of the SSN being used for Tax ID purposes then for other ID Purposes largely because the adding the ID functions to Drivers Licenses was done by the same entity issuing the drivers licenses unlike SSA which resisted efforts to have SSN be an ID number
That said original drivers licensees simply had a Name and the fact you passed the test, there was zero ID component to them, this was added on later.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> The history of both has the ID functions of them added on after the fact. Sure, the problem with your description is you are using “were never intended” for “were not originally intended”, which in the case of Driver’s Licenses is radically wrong; drivers licenses have been reengineered entirely around the need for a principal state-issued ID, expressly for the purpose of serving that purpose, which is why they are also the bases for non-driver IDs.
- apaprocki 6y agoIt also wasn’t that long ago the photo-less driver licenses were phased out in some states. My father had one with no photo on it up until 2004. Anyone could renew by mail, in which case there would not be a photo.