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Geniuine question, why can't you just have your license in your car at all times?
by mystifyingpoi 1y ago
Geniuine question, why can't you just have your license in your car at all times?
- willio58 1y agoYeah but I need it when I buy a drink too.
- tzs 1y agoIn the US if you need a state ID card and a driver's license those are generally combined into a single card. They usually only need its driver's license functionality when they are driving but often need its ID card functionality when they are away from the car and so it generally goes with them.
- mystifyingpoi 1y agoAh, that's why, ok. Didn't know they are combined.
- vel0city 1y agoI mean, they don't have to be. You can often get a state ID card and a driver's license, but that's essentially redundant. More fees, more time, more paperwork. Things that require an ID just require some state or federally issued photo ID, so you can use a DL, a state ID, a passport, etc. When the extreme majority of adults are already needing a DL to get groceries why bother with another ID.
- voxic11 1y agoI wasn't able to find any states where this is the case. They all appear to have rules that say you can only be issued a state ID or a state drivers license but not both at the same time. Additionally federal REAL ID rules have the same requirement for REAL ID compliant identification. https://legalclarity.org/can-you-have-a-non-driver-id-and-a-drivers-license/ https://legalclarity.org/can-you-have-a-non-driver-id-and-a-... https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-6/chapter-I/part-37/subpart-B/section-37.29/ https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-6/chapter-I/part-37/subpa... So I think the only way to have a government ID card and a separate drivers license is to get a passport card and a state drivers license.
- vel0city 1y agoHuh, interesting. It was legal here in my state until 2015, I didn't know that had changed.