I live outside of the US for most of the year and can say that my driver's license is not at all useless as an ID. In fact, I have been at police checkpoints i

I live outside of the US for most of the year and can say that my driver's license is not at all useless as an ID. In fact, I have been at police checkpoints in two countries where they refused to see my passport and specifically requested that I present my driver's license - but these were both when I was driving, of course.